Rural income volatility and inequality in China

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 648-668

  Whalley, John ^a   Yue, Ximing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Certainty equivalent income; China; Income volatility; Inequality; Rural urban divide

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; WAGE GAP;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70849103933     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifp014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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