Income growth, inequality and poverty reduction: A case study of eight provinces in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 485-496

  GOH, Chor ching ^a   LUO, Xubei ^a   ZHU, Nong ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Income growth; Inequality; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049115214     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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