发表时间: 2019/5/21 10:21:57
摘要: This paper studies the welfare implications of inequality among social groups by linking relative deprivation with theory of relative utility. It applies a methodology that identifies social groups that suffer greater deprivation relative to the average for the whole society, as a result of the rising inequality in China. Using five waves of the Chinese Household Income Project (CHIPs) from 1988 to 2013, it provides the dynamic evolution of deprivation suffered by different social groups such as rural residents, the elderly, the low educated group, and those live in the Western inland. Our findings provide evidence of the success of urbanization, development of Western areas and education expansion in reducing inequality and deprivation in China.