The evolution of income inequality in rural China

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 769-824

  Benjamin, Dwayne ^a   Brandt, Loren ^a   Giles, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD OF LIVING;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 24344468317     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428713     Document Type: Article

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