Anti-poverty effectiveness of the minimum living standard assistance policy in urban China

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 630-655

  Gao, Qin ^a   Garfinkel, Irwin ^b   Zhai, Fuhua ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 68149139458     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2009.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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