Rural household income and inequality under the sloping land conversion program in Western China

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 7721-7726

  Li, Jie ^a   Feldman, Marcus W ^b   Li, Shuzhuo ^a   Daily, Gretchen C ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation and development; Gini coefficient decomposition; Livelihood strategies; Nonfarm labor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LABOR; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SLOPING LAND CONVERSION PROGRAM; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 79956367524     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1101018108     Document Type: Article

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