China’s fiscal expenditure on agriculture: Impact on the urban–rural income gap

Since the reform and opening-up in 1978, China’s income distribution gap has widened. The Gini coefficient of national residents’ income rose from 0.31 in 1981 to a historic high of 0.49 in 2008 and has continued to hover at a high of 0.46 in the recent years (Molero-Simarro, 2017; Li and Zhu, 2018;...

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Autores principales: Mao, Rui, Ruan, Maoqi, Shi, Xinjie, Sun, Weiqi, Chen, Kevin Z.
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141061
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author Mao, Rui
Ruan, Maoqi
Shi, Xinjie
Sun, Weiqi
Chen, Kevin Z.
author_browse Chen, Kevin Z.
Mao, Rui
Ruan, Maoqi
Shi, Xinjie
Sun, Weiqi
author_facet Mao, Rui
Ruan, Maoqi
Shi, Xinjie
Sun, Weiqi
Chen, Kevin Z.
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description Since the reform and opening-up in 1978, China’s income distribution gap has widened. The Gini coefficient of national residents’ income rose from 0.31 in 1981 to a historic high of 0.49 in 2008 and has continued to hover at a high of 0.46 in the recent years (Molero-Simarro, 2017; Li and Zhu, 2018; Luo et al., 2021). Narrowing the income gap between urban and rural residents is the key to reducing China’s Gini coefficient. The ratio of per capita income between urban and rural residents exhibited an overall growth trend before 2009, despite the increase in disposable income per capita of rural residents from 134 yuan in 1978 to 18,931 yuan in 2021. In 2007, the urban–rural income ratio exceeded 3:1 for the first time and contributed over 50% to the Gini coefficient of the national income distribution (Li and Wan, 2013). Since 2009, the urban–rural income gap has decreased; however, the decline has nearly halted post 2014. In 2021, the urban–rural income ratio was still as high as 2.5:1, almost equal to that in 1978 and larger than that in developed countries, which have a level of approximately 1:1 or lower.
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spelling CGSpace1410612025-12-08T10:11:39Z China’s fiscal expenditure on agriculture: Impact on the urban–rural income gap Mao, Rui Ruan, Maoqi Shi, Xinjie Sun, Weiqi Chen, Kevin Z. income urban areas income distribution population rural areas Since the reform and opening-up in 1978, China’s income distribution gap has widened. The Gini coefficient of national residents’ income rose from 0.31 in 1981 to a historic high of 0.49 in 2008 and has continued to hover at a high of 0.46 in the recent years (Molero-Simarro, 2017; Li and Zhu, 2018; Luo et al., 2021). Narrowing the income gap between urban and rural residents is the key to reducing China’s Gini coefficient. The ratio of per capita income between urban and rural residents exhibited an overall growth trend before 2009, despite the increase in disposable income per capita of rural residents from 134 yuan in 1978 to 18,931 yuan in 2021. In 2007, the urban–rural income ratio exceeded 3:1 for the first time and contributed over 50% to the Gini coefficient of the national income distribution (Li and Wan, 2013). Since 2009, the urban–rural income gap has decreased; however, the decline has nearly halted post 2014. In 2021, the urban–rural income ratio was still as high as 2.5:1, almost equal to that in 1978 and larger than that in developed countries, which have a level of approximately 1:1 or lower. 2022-12-01 2024-04-12T13:37:12Z 2024-04-12T13:37:12Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141061 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126227 Open Access Mao, Rui; Ruan, Maoqi; Shi, Xinjie; Sun, Weiqi; and Chen, Kevin Z. 2022. China’s fiscal expenditure on agriculture: Impact on the urban–rural income gap. China and global food policy report 2022: Reforming agricultural support policy for transforming agrifood systems. Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy, China Agricultural University (AGFEP); China Academy for Rural Development, Zhejiang University (CARD); Centre for International Food and Agricultural Economics, Nanjing Agricultural University (CIFAE); Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (IAED); International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Chapter 5, Pp. 72-95. http://agfep.cau.edu.cn/module/download/downfile.jsp?classid=0&filename=6dbb930c64de42458dc72edba23fbcdf.pdf
spellingShingle income
urban areas
income distribution
population
rural areas
Mao, Rui
Ruan, Maoqi
Shi, Xinjie
Sun, Weiqi
Chen, Kevin Z.
China’s fiscal expenditure on agriculture: Impact on the urban–rural income gap
title China’s fiscal expenditure on agriculture: Impact on the urban–rural income gap
title_full China’s fiscal expenditure on agriculture: Impact on the urban–rural income gap
title_fullStr China’s fiscal expenditure on agriculture: Impact on the urban–rural income gap
title_full_unstemmed China’s fiscal expenditure on agriculture: Impact on the urban–rural income gap
title_short China’s fiscal expenditure on agriculture: Impact on the urban–rural income gap
title_sort china s fiscal expenditure on agriculture impact on the urban rural income gap
topic income
urban areas
income distribution
population
rural areas
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141061
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