The effects of transition on the distribution of income in China: A study decomposing the GINI coefficient for 1988 and 1995

Economics of Transition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 593-617

  Gustafsson, Björn ^a   Li, Shi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Housing reform; Income; Inequality; Pensions; Rural China; Urban China

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 20644456273     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0351.00090     Document Type: Article

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