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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Sociology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Sociology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Социология</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2272</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8897</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumamba</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">25771</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2272-2021-21-1-50-67</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Contemporary society: the urgent issues and prospects for development</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Современное общество: актуальные проблемы и перспективы развития</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Justice and inequality in the household consumption in Russia and China: A comparative analysis</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Справедливость и неравенство в потреблении домохозяйств в России и Китае: сравнительный анализ</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kozyreva</surname><given-names>P. M.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Козырева</surname><given-names>Полина Михайловна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор социологических наук, первый заместитель директора Института социологии Федерального научно-исследовательского социологического центра Российской академии наук; заведующая Центром лонгитюдных обследований Института социальной политики Национального исследовательского университета «Высшая школа экономики»</p></bio><email>pkozyreva@isras.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Zhu</surname><given-names>Di</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Жу</surname><given-names>Ди</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор философии (социология); заместитель директора Департамента исследований молодежи Института социологии</p></bio><email>zhudi123@cass.org.cn</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nizamova</surname><given-names>A. E.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Низамова</surname><given-names>Альфия Энварьевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат социологических наук, главный эксперт Центра лонгитюдных обследований Института социальной политики Национального исследовательского университета «Высшая школа экономики»; старший научный сотрудник Института социологии Федерального научно-исследовательского центра Российской академии наук</p></bio><email>anizamova@hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Smirnov</surname><given-names>A. I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Смирнов</surname><given-names>Александр Ильич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор социологических наук, ведущий научный сотрудник Института социологии</p></bio><email>smir_al@bk.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Sociology of FCTAS RAS</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт социологии ФНИСЦ РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">HSE University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Sociology of CASS</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт социологии КАОН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2021-02-26" publication-format="electronic"><day>26</day><month>02</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>21</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 21, NO1 (2021)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 21, №1 (2021)</issue-title><fpage>50</fpage><lpage>67</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-02-26"><day>26</day><month>02</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2021, Kozyreva P.M., Zhu D., Nizamova A.E., Smirnov A.I.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2021, Козырева П.М., Жу Д., Низамова А.Э., Смирнов А.И.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2021</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kozyreva P.M., Zhu D., Nizamova A.E., Smirnov A.I.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Козырева П.М., Жу Д., Низамова А.Э., Смирнов А.И.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/25771">https://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/25771</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The authors conducted a comparative analysis of the household consumption in Russia and China on the basis of the reputable empirical information sources. The article focuses on the main trends and peculiarities in how households from each country differed in terms of the structure and level of consumption under dramatic transformations associated with market reforms. Inequality in consumption in Russia and China, which can be characterized as high or excessive, largely determines the overall situation with social inequality and significantly influences the development of state social policy in various fields. As for the most differentiating items of expenditure for both countries, those are groceries, durable goods, public utility payments, cultural activities and entertainment. After noting the effect that income has on consumption, which is undeniable, though differs in nature and degree, the authors focus on other factors of this type of inequality, in particular, on the territorial, regional and settlement-specific characteristics of consumption inequality in both countries. The authors argue that in Russia, there is significant regional inequality in consumption, while in China such inequality is more settlement-specific; there are also differences in consumption inequality between urban and rural areas, which contribute to the overall situation with social inequality. In China, urban household expenditures are growing much faster than those of rural households, while in Russia the difference is not that pronounced. That said, the share of spending on groceries in the structure of expenditures is decreasing more rapidly in urban China, and compared to Russia, there is a smaller gap between urban and rural areas. At the same time in China, consumption inequality as a result of age and class differences is a much more acute issue, while in Russia, the differences caused by intensifying economic stratification seem to be a more important factor of inequality.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Опираясь на данные авторитетных источников эмпирической информации, авторы провели сравнительный анализ особенностей потребления российских и китайских домохозяйств. Акцент сделан на основных тенденциях и особенностях дифференциации домохозяйств обеих стран по уровню и структуре потребления в период радикальных трансформаций, связанных с осуществлением рыночных реформ. Показано, что наиболее дифференцирующими статьями потребительских расходов домохозяйств двух стран являются питание, предметы длительного пользования, оплата жилищно-коммунальных услуг, культурный досуг и развлечения. Отметив безусловное, но разное по характеру и степени влияние дохода на потребление, авторы обращают внимание и на другие факторы, обусловливающие неравенство, в частности, на территориальную, региональную и поселенческую специфику потребления. Отмечен особый вклад, который вносит в общую картину социального неравенства, потребительских различий между городом и селом. В Китае потребительские расходы городских домохозяйств растут значительно быстрее, чем сельских, а в России это различие менее существенно. При этом в Китае доля расходов на питание в общем объеме потребительских расходов сокращается быстрее, а разрыв между городскими и сельскими домохозяйствами по данному показателю гораздо меньше, чем в России. В то же время в Китае острее ощущается проблема неравенства в сфере потребления, обусловленная возрастными и классовыми различиями, тогда как в России более очевидно обострение проблемы экономической стратификации.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>household</kwd><kwd>income and expenses</kwd><kwd>household consumption</kwd><kwd>social inequality</kwd><kwd>social justice</kwd><kwd>households’ economic behavior</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>домохозяйство</kwd><kwd>доходы и расходы</kwd><kwd>потребление домохозяйств</kwd><kwd>социальное неравенство</kwd><kwd>социальная справедливость</kwd><kwd>экономическое поведение домохозяйств</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Aganbegyan A.G. Overcoming poverty and reducing the income and consumption inequalities in Russia. ECO. 2017; 47 (9). 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