Abstract: Based on datasets from 1995 and 2002 China Household Income Survey,this paper investigates income and wealth inequality in urban China,with household as the unit of analysis.Analytic results suggest that most of inequality measures show a significant increase in income inequality,while a somewhat decrease in wealth inequality among urban households between 1995 and 2002.By demographic decompositions,we find that economic regions,household head’s education and the membership of CCP have more important contributions to overall household income and wealth inequalities.In general,for urban China from 1995 to 2002,the sorting mechanism plays a more important role in generating resource inequality among households.

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摘要： 利用"中国家庭户收入调查"收集的1995年和2002年城镇家庭户样本数据,以家庭户作为分析单位,对中国城镇收入和财产不平等进行了考察。数据分析结果表明:中国 城镇家庭户收入的大多数不平等测量指标在1995～2002年7年间都存在一个显著的大幅度上升,但家庭户财产不平等在此期间呈现出略有下降的趋势;基于人口分组的分解反映出,区域、户主受教育程度和户主中共党员身份对总的家庭收入和财产不平等具有更大的贡献;总体上,对于1995～2002年的中国城镇而言,分类机制在左右家庭户资源不平等变动中扮演着更为重要的角色。

关键词: 收入不平等, 财产不平等, 反事实分解