Querying on Wang Xiaolu's Estimation on Grey Income in China1
This paper believes that serious flaws exist in Wang Xiaolu's calculation of grey income in China for the following reasons." (1) It is not sound methodology to match households with different income levels by using Engel coefficients; (2) The way Wang collected data cannot make up for statistical d...
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Published in | 中国经济学人:英文版 Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 116 - 124 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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2012
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Summary: | This paper believes that serious flaws exist in Wang Xiaolu's calculation of grey income in China for the following reasons." (1) It is not sound methodology to match households with different income levels by using Engel coefficients; (2) The way Wang collected data cannot make up for statistical distortion in the National Bureau of Statistics' data; (3) Wang did not provide reasonable explanations for both the income inequality as derived from the estimated income groups and the change in income inequality between the two years he compared," (4)Wang's calculation of grey income lacks a basic logical foundation. |
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Bibliography: | grey income, Engel coefficient, income inequality This paper believes that serious flaws exist in Wang Xiaolu's calculation of grey income in China for the following reasons." (1) It is not sound methodology to match households with different income levels by using Engel coefficients; (2) The way Wang collected data cannot make up for statistical distortion in the National Bureau of Statistics' data; (3) Wang did not provide reasonable explanations for both the income inequality as derived from the estimated income groups and the change in income inequality between the two years he compared," (4)Wang's calculation of grey income lacks a basic logical foundation. 11-5578/F |
ISSN: | 1673-8837 |