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

Table 7

Urban poverty ratio in different situation.

Circumstance	Circumstance	(yuan/year)			(%)
1	Standard 1	6327.36	27753	2.8731	1.41	0.3481
2	G↓	6327.36	27753	2.8978	1.36	0.3451
3	α ↑ (α/L↑)	6327.36	44525	2.8731	0.37	0.3481
4	α ↑ (α/L↑), G↓	6327.36	44525	2.8978	0.35	0.3451
5	Standard 2	8736.63	27753	2.8731	3.49	0.3481
6	G↓	8736.63	27753	2.8978	3.39	0.3451
7	α ↑ (α/L↑)	8736.63	44525	2.8731	0.92	0.3481
8	α ↑ (α/L↑), G↓	8736.63	44525	2.8978	0.88	0.3451

Note. (1) was the median of urban income in 2005, and was the median of urban income for 2010 calculated by 2005 urban consumer prices index. (2) For the first to fourth circumstance, it applied the poverty line of 2005, 6327.36 yuan, and the fifth to eighth circumstances applied the poverty line of 2010, 8736.63 yuan. (3) The actual poverty line = current poverty line/urban consumer price index. (4) was the Gini coefficient of 2005, while was the Gini coefficient of 2010. (5) “↑” (up) and “↓” (down) in the table represented the direction of change.