讲座主题:Earnings, Income, and Wealth Distributions in China: Facts from the 2011-2015 China Household Finance Survey
主讲人:朱胜豪教授
时间:2018年5月2日(周三)下午15:00
地点:经济乐动(中国)210会议室
主持人:李井奎教授
主办单位:浙江省一流学科“理论经济学”西方经济学方向、经济理论与可持续发展研究中心
主讲人简介:朱胜豪教授,2010年在纽约大学获得经济学博士学位,从2010年到2017年在新加坡国立大学经济系工作。2017年12月加入对外经贸大学。他在Econometrica, Journal of Economic Theory, Economic Theory等国际期刊上发表数篇论文。
报告摘要:We use 2011-2015 China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) data to describe inequality of earnings, income, and wealth in China. We find high inequality of labor earnings, income, and wealth in China. We also find that the business income comprises a large share of incomes among top groups. Households with young heads tend to be rich in earnings and incomes, and their incomes are largely generated from businesses. We find that the top 1 percent income share in China in recent years is comparable to that in the United States in 1928. In 1928 the social security system was still absent in the United States. This comparison gives us hints that the high inequality level in current China is probably due to the ineffectiveness of redistribution policies in China.