Rural-urban and regional inequality in output, income and consumption in China under economic reforms

Journal of Economic Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-24

  Yao, Shujie ^a   Zhang, Zongyi ^b   Feng, Gengfu ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Economic growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844436221     PISSN: 01443585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443580510574805     Document Type: Article

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