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ID103912
Title ProperImpact of population aging on income inequality in developing countries
LanguageENG
AuthorZhong, Hai
Publication2011.
Summary / Abstract (Note)Population aging is an emerging issue in developing countries. In this paper, we argue that it is largely responsible for the sharp increase in income inequality in rural China at the beginning of this decade. As a result of the one-child policy implemented in 1979, fewer young adults have reached working age during this period. This leads to a fall in the ratio of household members in working age. Regression-based inequality decomposition shows that labor shortages and the expansion of industrialization significantly increases the return of a higher ratio of household members in working age to household income while the distribution of this ratio becomes increasingly unequal. The interaction of two effects significantly increased income inequality in rural China.
`In' analytical NoteChina Economic Review Vol. 22, No. 1; Mar 2011: p. 98-107
Journal SourceChina Economic Review Vol. 22, No. 1; Mar 2011: p. 98-107
Key WordsIncome Inequality ;  One - Child Policy ;  Population Aging ;  Inequality Decomposition ;  China