Understanding regional poverty and inequality trends in China: Methodological issues and empirical findings

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-34

  Wan, Guanghua ^a,b  

^a United Nations University   (Finland)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 33847406176     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2007.00216.x     Document Type: Review

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