Handbook on Inequality in China

Edited by Björn Gustafsson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Social Work, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA), Germany and Xiuna Yang, Senior Research Fellow, China Development Research Foundation (CDRF), China

• Contents1 Introduction to the Handbook on Inequality in China 1Björn Gustafsson and Xiuna Yang2 Income inequality in China 14Chuliang Luo and Shi Li3 Employment inequality in China 39Jie Yang and Chuanchuan Zhang4 Wage inequality 59Chunbing Xing5 Trends of household wealth inequality in China from 2012 to 2020 77Haiyuan Wan and Jin Zheng6 Educational access, quality, and inequality in China: Recent policies,priorities, and progress 107Marco M. Laghi, Wensong Shen, and Emily Hannum7 Inequality and housing (policy) 144Jiaxin He, Yaqing Li, and Sanbai Sun8 Income inequality and happiness in China 167John Knight9 Inequality of health opportunity in China: What do we know? 193Peng Nie10 Inequality of opportunity in Chinese income 218Xiuna Yang, Björn Gustafsson, and Terry Sicular11 Urban-rural inequality in China 244Liu Shouying and Li Haoze12 Urban inequality in China 274Xueliang Liu13 Rural inequality 297Hisatoshi Hoken, Hiroshi Sato, and Qun Su14 Child inequality in China 320Hui Xu15 Income inequality and redistribution 350Zhonghua Wang, Meng Cai, and Ximing Yue16 Multi-track pensions and inequality among older adults in China 377Peng Zhan, Hanrui Jia, and Leyi Tian17 Inequality in social assistance provision and receipt 408Xuan Huo and Qin Gao18 Self-employment and inequality 429Xinxin Ma19 Top incomes and inequality in China 455Qinghai Li and Yangcheng Yu

‘This book offers a unique analysis of one of China’s major challenges. The best specialists have come together to present the question of inequality in all its aspects. This is essential reading for understanding the issues facing China today and the policies that need to be implemented.’