Urban poverty in China and its contributing factors, 1986-2000

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 167-189

  Meng, Xin ^a   Gregory, Robert ^a   Wan, Guanhua ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b United Nations University   (Finland)

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EID: 33847391515     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2007.00222.x     Document Type: Review

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