@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00007870, author = {XUE, Jinjun and GRIES, Thomas}, issue = {3}, journal = {経済科学}, month = {Dec}, note = {The goal of this paper is to study income disparity in Shenzhen, the first special economic zone and richest city in China using a new household survey dataset. We focus on the difference in human capital accumulation among working age adults and its influence on both income determination and income distribution. Our survey shows that the Gini coefficient in Shenzhen reached 0.56 making in the highest in urban China. Using the Mincer model we found that returns to education are as high as 10% per year of additional schooling. Further regression analysis shows that the higher the educational attachment, the higher the income of individuals. Compounding this, we also found that social characteristics such as gender and policy oriented factors that include the urban registration system and regional development priority (being a special economic zone ) are also relevant. Taken together our findings indicate that human capital accumulation plays a very important role in income determination. Thus differentials in human capital and differentials in human capital accumulation can be used to explain an important part of income disparity. In light of such findings it would seem that increasing investment in education and equalizing educational opportunities are the most effective ways of reducing income disparity.}, pages = {101--115}, title = {Human Capital Accumulation and Income Distribution in Urban China : The Case of Shenzhen}, volume = {55}, year = {2007} }