An Analysis of Relationship among Income Inequality, Poverty, and Income Mobility, Based on Distribution Functions

Table 6

Gini coefficient and poverty ratio of urban residents from 2005 to 2010.

Year			(yuan/year)	(%)
2005	27753	2.8731	6327.36	1.41	0.3481
2006	30973	2.9147	6716.16	1.15	0.3431
2007	35950	2.9256	7310.59	0.94	0.3418
2008	41488	2.8115	8129.88	1.01	0.3557
2009	46017	2.8712	9102.88	0.94	0.3483
2010	51002	2.8978	10007.81	0.88	0.3451

Note. , the poverty standard, is calculated according to 2005–2010 National Average Minimum Standard for Urban Residents and Average Poverty Population in each family. The formula is as follows: poverty standard (yuan/year) = minimum urban standards (yuan/month) × 12 (month). The poverty ratio is calculated based on Table 2.