The impact of growth and inequality on rural poverty in China

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 694-712

  Zhang, Yin ^a   Wan, Guanghua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b WIDER   (Finland)

Author keywords

China; Rural poverty; Shapley decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751229607     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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