LIVING STANDARDS INEQUALITY BETWEEN MIGRANTS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS IN URBAN CHINA-A QUANTILE DECOMPOSITION.

This study investigates the inequality in per-capita consumption expenditure between urban and rural-to-urban migrant households in China using Rural-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) data. The methodology used is that of Oaxaca-Blinder and unconditional quantile decompositions and we deal with selec...

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Publicado en:Contemporary Economic Policy Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 369 - 387
Autores principales: Fang, Zheng, Sakellariou, Chris
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2016
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          Fang, Zheng
          Sakellariou, Chris
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          Associate Professor, China Research Center for Educational Outcomes, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 610072, China
          School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637332, Singapore
          Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637332, Singapore
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        Equality
        Consumption (Economics)
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      ab: This study investigates the inequality in per-capita consumption expenditure between urban and rural-to-urban migrant households in China using Rural-Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) data. The methodology used is that of Oaxaca-Blinder and unconditional quantile decompositions and we deal with selection related to education level using matching. It is found that the characteristics effect does not contribute toward explaining any of the gaps in consumption. Results from a detailed decomposition suggest that differences in educational level account for 8%-19% of the overall inequality after taking selectivity of education into consideration. Differences in household size and region of residence are also important in narrowing expenditure inequality between the two groups. ( JEL R23, C15)
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