This paper aims to explore the positive effects of the sharing economy in optimizing resource allocation, promoting efficient matching of supply and demand, and reducing transaction costs. At the same time, it deeply analyzes its theoretical opportunities and practical challenges in reconstructing the income distribution model, stimulating technological dividends, and promoting economic vitality. It examines the potential impact of factors such as platform monopoly, information asymmetry, and technological barriers on the fairness of income distribution, and reveals that the sharing economy may cause new economic inequality problems while promoting employment and income growth for low-income groups. By comprehensively evaluating the interest redistribution mechanism in the interaction between policy regulation and market structure, this paper aims to provide systematic theoretical support and practical reference for achieving sustained and healthy economic development and narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor.

Qiyao Hu. The Correlation Analysis of Sharing Economy and Economic Inequality for Narrowing Gap or Creating New Inequalities between the Rich and the Poor. Academic Journal of Business & Management(2025), Vol. 7, Issue 3: 79-85. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJBM.2025.070312.

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