The picture for the PRC is different. The PRC’s predicted turning point using
base-year data lies between base-year and end-year urban population shares, suggesting
that national inequality would have peaked if urban and rural inequalities
and the urban–rural income gap stayed constant between the base-year and endyears.
Moreover, the PRC’s end-year urban population share is greater than the
predicted turning point using end-year data, suggesting that its national equality
has passed the turning point if urban and rural inequalities and the urban–rural
income gap remain constant.
In reality, however, the assumptions of urban and rural inequalities and the
urban–rural income gap staying constant are unlikely to hold as Asia’s recent
experiences have shown. Therefore, reducing national inequality requires efforts