Rank, income and income inequality in urban China

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 497-507

  Gustafsson, Björn ^a   Sai, Ding ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Elites; Income; Income inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049090908     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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