Remapping China's regional inequalities, 1990-2006: A new assessment of de facto and de jure population data

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-55

  Chan, Kam Wing ^a   Wang, Man ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Coefficient of variation; De facto population; De jure population; Interprovincial inequality; Migrant labor; Migration; Per capita GDP; Population statistics; Regional inequality

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LABOR MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 41449099300     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.49.1.21     Document Type: Article

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