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Economic growth, income distribution and poverty reduction in contemporary China /

This book reviews the economic development history of contemporary China from 1949 up to today, paying special attention to the interface among growth, inequality and poverty reduction.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yao, Shujie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.
Colección:RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Chinese economy ; 13.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A brief history of contemporary China
  • Comparison of economic performance in modern China
  • Future prospects
  • Economic development and problems in the pre-reform period
  • Economic development under reforms
  • Half a century of economic performance : an overall
  • Agricultural and rural development in the pre-reform period
  • Agriculture's role in China's economic development
  • Prospects and constraints on agricultural development in the new century
  • Economic performance and openness : a brief review
  • How does openness affect growth?
  • Economic crisis and recovery
  • The Gini coefficient and its decomposition by class and income source
  • An application for Sichuan province in China
  • Rapid growth but a more divided nation
  • A decomposition analysis of production, income and consumption inequality
  • The theory of economic growth
  • A model of club divergence
  • An empirical model and results
  • Alternative tests for club divergence
  • Background of inequality
  • Overall income inequality and urban-rural divide
  • Rural income inequality and income sources
  • Urban inequality and income sources
  • Income inequality and poverty under economic reforms
  • A brief literature review on economic growth, income inequality and poverty reduction in China
  • Poverty and its determinants in urban China
  • Poverty and poverty determinants in rural China
  • Why SOEs have to lay off workers and how redundancy affects poverty?
  • Household survey data and definition of poverty lines
  • Data analysis
  • Development strategy and rural-urban migration
  • A theoretical model of migration
  • An empirical model of migration for China.