New urban poverty in China: Economic restructuring and transformation of welfare provision

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-185

  Wu, Fulong ^a   Huang, Ningying ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Economic restructuring; Minimum living standard support; Urban poverty; Welfare provision

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LIVING STANDARD; POVERTY; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY; WELFARE PROVISION; WORKPLACE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34547407821     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2007.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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