Poverty, inequality, and growth in urban China, 1986-2000

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 710-729

  Meng, Xin ^a   Gregory, Robert ^a   Wang, Youjuan ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Chinese National Statistical Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

China; Income growth; Inequality; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444494363     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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