National market location, income levels and urban-rural inequality in China

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-421

  Liu, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 77249146965     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.2009.4     Document Type: Article

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