Reasons for Extensive Income Gap: An Explain From Rural Family Income
GUO Zhen1,2
1.School of Economical Management Henan Agricultural University,Zhengzhou 450002,China; 2.School of Business Adminastration Henan University of Economics and Law,Zhengzhou 450009,China
Abstract:
Based on Rural Household Income Survey of 2009,this paper analyzes the income inequality and contribution factors with household as the unit by using Counterfactual Decomposition Method. The results show that rural family income gap between the plain area and mountainous area is not as obvious as that between the well-developed area and less-developed area. District discriminate is the important contribution to the former while the latter is family labors characteristics variables .Education,working experiences,the percentage of trained labors play important roles in reducing family income gap. Labor percentage ,male percentage are also important while the average age of family labors and Square of working experiences are not remarkable,which impacted obviously to personal income.