Income mobility of individuals in China and the United States

Economics of Transition

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 417-458

  Khor, Niny ^a   Pencavel, John ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Income inequality; Income mobility; United States

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745542929     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2006.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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