Inequality of opportunity and income inequality in nine Chinese provinces, 1989-2006

China Economic Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 607-616

  Zhang, Yingqiang ^a   Eriksson, Tor ^b  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

China; Income inequality; Inequality of opportunity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049276208     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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