Sources of income differences across Chinese provinces during the reform period: A development accounting exercise

Developing Economies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-29

  Hao, Rui ^a,c   Wei, Zheng ^b  

^a Fondation pour les études et les Recherches sur le Développement International   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Development accounting; Income differences

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 61549106313     PISSN: 00121533     EISSN: 17461049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1049.2009.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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