以购买力平价测算基尼系数的尝试

本文考察了全球化对我国城市贫困人口收入的影响。我们发现,尽管平均收入的增长伴随着收入分配的恶化,但是全球化,尤其是贸易开放,提高了贫困人口收入占总收入的份额。我们还发现对外贸易和FDI对收入分配的影响不同。贸易对收入分配的有益效果并不局限于沿海省份。自1992年以来这一有益效果减弱了。

Recalculation of Gini Index: an Attempt with PPP Theory

THIS PAPER EXAMINES THE DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON THE POOR IN URBAN CHINA. WE FIND THAT AVERAGE INCOME GROWTH IS ASSOCIATED WITH WORSENING INCOME DISTRIBUTION WHILE GLOBALIZATION IN GENERAL, AND TRADE OPENNESS IN PARTICULAR, RAISES THE INCOME SHARES OF THE POOR. IT IS ALSO FOUND THAT TRADE OPENNESS AND FDI HAVE DIFFERENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS. THE BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF TRADE WAS NOT RESTRICTED TO THE COASTAL PROVINCES, BUT WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER 1992. THESE FINDINGS ARE ROBUST TO AL...