Although China is experiencing a deterioration in wealth distribution where housing is playing a dominant role,this issue has received scant research attention despite its importance.Combining four rounds of the China...Although China is experiencing a deterioration in wealth distribution where housing is playing a dominant role,this issue has received scant research attention despite its importance.Combining four rounds of the China Household Finance Survey(CHFS)data,this paper measures and discusses wealth inequality in China,with a special emphasis on the contribution of housing.Our analysis reveals that housing is the largest contributor to wealth inequality,responsible for around 70 percent of total wealth inequality,and its contribution has been increasing over time.Our research ejforts have focused on the housing wealth disparity,exploring its composition from alternative perspectives.The results show that housing wealth inequality has also been rising over time and an absolute majority of housing wealth inequality is due to within-group gaps.Finally,we employ Wan's(2004)regression-based decomposition methodology to quantify the contributions of dijferent determinants to housing wealth disparity in China,and to demonstrate serious biases in the conventional approach that is often used to analyze housing wealth inequality.展开更多
The Fifth China Women＇s Film Festival showcased more than30 Chinese and international films on the theme of feminismAS in its previous four editions,the China Women＇s Film Festival（CWFF）was held to full houses.On ...The Fifth China Women＇s Film Festival showcased more than30 Chinese and international films on the theme of feminismAS in its previous four editions,the China Women＇s Film Festival（CWFF）was held to full houses.On September 16-24,the audience,stakeholders and organizers gathered in Beijing for a series of screenings,forums and discussions on the issue of gender inequality.On one of those sweet late-summer evenings,展开更多
基金Financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.71833003 and 72073091)the Higher Education Discipline Innovation Project(111 Project)(No.B16040)is acknowledged.
文摘Although China is experiencing a deterioration in wealth distribution where housing is playing a dominant role,this issue has received scant research attention despite its importance.Combining four rounds of the China Household Finance Survey(CHFS)data,this paper measures and discusses wealth inequality in China,with a special emphasis on the contribution of housing.Our analysis reveals that housing is the largest contributor to wealth inequality,responsible for around 70 percent of total wealth inequality,and its contribution has been increasing over time.Our research ejforts have focused on the housing wealth disparity,exploring its composition from alternative perspectives.The results show that housing wealth inequality has also been rising over time and an absolute majority of housing wealth inequality is due to within-group gaps.Finally,we employ Wan's(2004)regression-based decomposition methodology to quantify the contributions of dijferent determinants to housing wealth disparity in China,and to demonstrate serious biases in the conventional approach that is often used to analyze housing wealth inequality.
文摘The Fifth China Women＇s Film Festival showcased more than30 Chinese and international films on the theme of feminismAS in its previous four editions,the China Women＇s Film Festival（CWFF）was held to full houses.On September 16-24,the audience,stakeholders and organizers gathered in Beijing for a series of screenings,forums and discussions on the issue of gender inequality.On one of those sweet late-summer evenings,
