China and India: Income inequality and poverty north and south of the Himalayas

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 797-817

  Borooah, Vani K ^a   Gustafsson, Björn ^b,d   Li, Shi ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Income; India; Inequality; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750208496     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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