A multidimensional analysis of poverty in China from 1991 to 2006

China Economic Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 646-668

  Labar, Kelly ^a   Bresson, Florent ^b  

^a Fondation pour les Études et Recherches en Développement International   (France)

^b Laboratoire Orléanais de Gestion LOG   (France)

Author keywords

China; Income poverty; Multidimensional poverty; Stochastic dominance tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155172900     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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