Growing inequality and poverty in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-163

  Yao, Shujie ^a   Zhang, Zongyi ^b   Hanmer, Lucia ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department for International Devmt ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Inequality; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942588402     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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