The rural-urban divide in china: Income but not happiness?

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 506-534

  Knight, John ^a   Gunatilaka, Ramani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

CHINA;

EID: 77951804752     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380903012763     Document Type: Article

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