Understanding inequality and poverty in China : methods and applications /

The ongoing campaign of ₁western development₂ launched in 1999 and the recent Chinese government initiative of ₁building a harmonious society₂ highlight the urgency and significance of analyzing inequality and poverty. Prominent contributors from China and around the world explore trends of inequali...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: World Institute for Development Economics Research
Other Authors: Wan, Guang Hua
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Series:Studies in development economics and policy.
Subjects:
Since 2000
Income distribution > China.
Poverty > China.
Pauvreté > Chine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
Economic history
Income distribution
Poverty
Inkomensverdeling.
Armoede.
Regionale verschillen.
Inkomstfördelning > Kina.
Fattigdom > Kina.
China > Economic conditions > 2000-
Chine > Conditions économiques > 2000-
China
China.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; G. Wan
  • Globalization and Regional Inequality in China: Evidence from within China; G. Wan, M. Lu & Z. Chen
  • The Urban-Rural Gap and Income Inequality in China; T. Sicular, Y. Ximing, B. Gustafsson & L. Shi
  • Financial Development and Income Inequality in Rural China, 1991-2000; Z. Liang
  • Regional Income Inequality in Rural China 1985-2002: Trend, Causes and Policy Implications; G. Wan
  • Human Capital and Wage Determination in Different Ownerships 1989-1997; X. Chunbing
  • Income, Income Inequality, and Health: Evidence from China; H. Li & Y. Zhu
  • Social Benefits in Urban China: Determinants and Impact on Income Inequality in 1988 and 2002; Q. Gao
  • China Urban Poverty and its Contributing Factors, 1986-2000; X. Meng, R. Gregory & G. Wan
  • Poverty, Pro-Poor Growth and Mobility: A Decomposition Framework with Application to China; Y. Zhang & G. Wan.

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