The Role Of Education In Income Inequality In China's Residents

Since China embarked on the path of Reform and Openning-up, the speed of economy growth is always very highly in China, and the income level of the residents also improve quickly. At the same time, the education is booming development also. In 2002, the higher education of China already developed from "elite education" stage to "the public education" stage, the ratio of tertiary school enrollment was up to 21% in 2005. In the meantime, the residents education inequality is quickly extend in our country. Whether the correlation exist between the residents income inequality and the education expantion and the education inequality?But now, in China, how are they play roles on the extension of residents income inequality exactly that are the changing of the rate of education returning, the education invest level, the education expansion, the education inequality and the education resource deploying? What could they play on? And how do they work on? Obviously, solving these problem could ralated on citizen income distribute policy and the adjustment of education policy. The analysis of these problems is not only have theories value, but also have stronger reality meaning.So this thesis will reserch on the follow four problems: firstly, why education participate in the citizen income distribution; secondly, how does the education participate in the citizen income distribution; thirdly, how does the education work on the residents income inequality; lastly, how could to deflate the residents income inequality through the education struments. This thesis answer this four problem with 7 chapter: In chapter 1, it is introduced on the background and significance of this subject, the domestic and international relative literatures' overview, the frame of this thsis and main innovation point etc.Chapter 2 is the theories foundation part of this thesis. In chapter 2, it is discussed on why would education participate in the citizen income distribution, and how to participate. Firstly, it is to analysis the education's function on how to promote the economy growth, this is basic reason that why education participate in the citizen income distribution; then, it is to discuss on the theroy about the rate of private education returning, this is the education how to inflience the citizen income distribution at microcosmic view, and how much to influence, this is the basic microcosmic mechanism of education's influence to citizen income at macro view. Next, it is about the theories analysis in macroscopical view, to explore education's influence to distribution of citizen income. At end of this chapter, it is to introduce some relative theories about education influence on the income distribution in detail, and giving the opinion of the author.In chapter 3, it is to discuss the currently relationship bettwen the education inequality and the income inequality in China for using a great deal and scientific detail statistics data from several main views. It is to descrip and to analyse detailedly the relation between the education inequality of residents and income inequality in China, among the whole residents, bettwen the city and rural area, inner the city residnets and inner the village residents.In chapter 4, it is to analyse the effect of the education influencing on the residents income distribution through econometric analysis in China. According to the econometric analysis, obverisly, after the last century 90's, the rate of education retuning of China urban residents increased in mincornic view , and or in macroscopical view, the shortage of education's expanding and education nequality extending all are the important reasons in the inequality of residents' income extending speedly.In chapter 5, it is to explain that between education expansion and income inequality present a inverse U trend at first. Then, it is discussed the significance about to lessen income inequality by the mens of education expansion and education fair by the government.In chapter 6, it is to summarize the experience of how to promote the educations development and fair from the developed countries and the rising market countries. Because these countries have accumulated plentiful and usful experiences and methods,which are about how to promote education development, and how to promote education fair, and how to reduce income inequality with education fair, and to make most residents could enjoy the education right fairly, and then to make human resources could get more develop in the society etc, all of these are worth to study for us.Based on analysing above, in the last chapter, the writer give some suggestion on how to promote education development, and how to reduce education inequality, and how to promote education fair, and to make education no longer to be the importance factor of the residents income inequality extension, but to make it become effective way to reduce the residents income inequality in China.