Income inequality of Urban-rural China--The perspective of Geographic Information System

• Main Authors: Peng-Yu Fu, 傅鵬宇
• Other Authors: 陳建甫
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49111771464272826506

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 中國大陸研究所碩士班 === 93 === The economic goal of Deng Xiaoping is to allow some regions and people to get rich first so they can help others for common prosperity. But the economy growth result to income inequality, region and urban-rural inequality. This study aims to investigate the regional and urban-rural inequality in mainland China during the period of 1978 to 2003, and employ Geographic Information System to present the inequality areas in the digital map. In addition, this study utilizes trend analysis model of MINITAB to forecast income inequality in 2008. This study examines the regional and urban-rural inequality, by economic index “per capital annual net income of rural households” and “per capital annual disposable income of urban households”. In addition, we use”relatively disparity” and “absolutely disparity” to measure income inequality. The most inequality areas are defined as income higher than the average out of the whole nation. In addition, there are four trend analysis models in MINITAB, including the Linear, Quadratic, Exponential growth, and S-Curve model. We use the Quadratic model to predict the income disparity in 2008. This study find that the absolutely disparity is the most inequality areas between different cities, and between different villages of the relatively disparity. The gap of the absolutely disparity between the highest and the lowest income at urban is 8337, and the relatively disparity at rural is 4.25. Second, the curve of income relatively disparity line to be a W shape. The peak of the curve is 1978, 1994 and 2003. The low point of the curve is 1983 and 1997. The curve of income absolutely disparity was to rise very fast when Deng Xiaoping to travel in the South China in 1992. Third, the curve of income relatively disparity in the West is higher than in the Middle, and in the Middle is higher than in the East. In addition, the curve of income absolutely disparity in the East is higher than in the West, and in the West is higher than in the Middle. Fourth, the scope of the most inequality areas of the income relatively disparity has reduced, and the scope was concentrated in the West. The scope of the most inequality areas of the income absolutely disparity has reduced, too, and the scope was concentrated in the Southeast coastal and Southwest area. Fifth, the most inequality areas of income relatively disparity is the Northwest area, the Middle reaches area of the Yellow River and the Southwest area. The most inequality areas of income absolutely disparity is the Northern Coastal, the Middle Coastal, and the South Coastal in the eight major areas in 2003. Sixth, we find the per capital annual disposable income of urban households is 12558.60, and the per capital annual net income of rural households is 4016.07 in 2008. The gap of the income relatively disparity between the highest and the lowest income at urban-rural is 8542, and the income relatively disparity at urban-rural is 3.13. So, we agree the inequality of the income absolutely disparity of urban-rural China will be continuing in the future.