中国居民财产差距研究的回顾与展望

Retrospect and Prospect on the Studies of Household Wealth Inequality in China

居民家庭财产是衡量一个国家经济实力和人民生活水平的主要依据之一,而财产分配状况也是反映社会公平的一项重要内容。本文在文献回顾的基础上,对中国居民财产分配研究中的财产定义、数据来源和方法处理进行了评述,对居民财产差距研究的估计结果和若干争论进行了回应,而且还总结了过去研究中存在的几个关键问题和挑战,由此对未来的财产分配研究提出建议。

Household wealth is a key indicator that reflects national economic competiveness and individual income level.The distribution of wealth is central for evaluating social justice in a country.On the basis of literature review,this paper evaluates the wealth definition,data source and methodology of the past researches on wealth distribution in China.Meanwhile,it also provides some argument about the final measurement result about the wealth inequality level in current China.Furthermore,it concludes several key issues and challenges that existed in the estimation of wealth inequality,and gives some advices on the future researches on wealth distribution in China.