Thomas F. Remington Inequality and Social Policy in Russia ...€¦ · Thomas F. Remington...
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Thomas F. Remington
Inequality and Social Policy in Russia and
China
Gaidar Forum 2016
Panel on Inequality
and Economic Growth
January 13, 2016
Moscow
Russian Federation
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China: Gini index estimates, various sources
2002 2007 2008 2011 2012
CDRF (2012) 0.48
Li, Sato & Sicular (2013) 0.46 0.483
Bo Xilai (2012) 0.46
Wang & Woo (2010) >.5
SWUFE (2012) 0.61
National Bureau of Statistics (2013) 0.491 0.474
Estimates of China’s Gini coefficient vary widely. Key issues concern valuation of social benefits, calculation of rural incomes and estimation of unreported cash incomes.
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Central government subsidies as share of regional budget revenues:
mean median CV Std dev min max IQR N
Russia (2013) 0.30 0.25 0.62 0.19 0.03 0.85 0.27 83
China (2015) 0.39 0.43 0.46 0.18 0.08 0.81 0.25 31
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WIDER Estimates of Gini Index, US, Russia, China, 1960 - 2010