03345oam 22008654 450 991016294390332120250426110848.09781475560077147556007997814755693151475569319(CKB)3710000001045035(MiAaPQ)EBC4800268(IMF)WPIEA2016239WPIEA2016239(EXLCZ)99371000000104503520020129d2016 uf 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierA Tale of Transition : An Empirical Analysis of Economic Inequality in Urban China, 1986–2009 /Haiyan Ding, Hui HeWashington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2016.1 online resource (53 pages) illustrations (some color), tables, graphsIMF Working Papers9781475560008 1475560001 Includes bibliographical references.This paper is the first comprehensive empirical study of earnings, income, and consumption inequality in urban China from 1986 to 2009, using unique micro-level data from the Urban Household Survey (UHS). The paper documents a drastic increase in economic inequality for the sample period. The paper finds that consumption inequality closely tracks income inequality, both over time and over the life cycle. The paper believes that the main driver of this co-movement could be a dramatic increase in noninsurable idiosyncratic permanent income shocks after the early 1990s, associated with the economic transition in urban China.IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;No. 2016/239MacroeconomicsimfPersonal Income, Wealth, and Their DistributionsimfIntertemporal Consumer ChoiceimfLife Cycle Models and SavingimfMacroeconomics: ConsumptionimfSavingimfWealthimfAggregate Factor Income DistributionimfIncome inequalityimfConsumptionimfIncome shocksimfIncomeimfDisposable incomeimfNational accountsimfIncome distributionimfEconomicsimfNational incomeimfChinaEconomic conditionsChina, People's Republic ofimfMacroeconomicsPersonal Income, Wealth, and Their DistributionsIntertemporal Consumer ChoiceLife Cycle Models and SavingMacroeconomics: ConsumptionSavingWealthAggregate Factor Income DistributionIncome inequalityConsumptionIncome shocksIncomeDisposable incomeNational accountsIncome distributionEconomicsNational income330.951Ding Haiyan1219727He Hui1450561DcWaIMFBOOK9910162943903321A Tale of Transition3650843UNINA