Income distribution in the Chinese economy: Recent trends and challenges

Asian Social Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Tan, Li ^a  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese economy; Household income; Income distribution; Per capita GDP; Regional income disparity; Urban rural income inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857513353     PISSN: 19112017     EISSN: 19112025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v8n1p3     Document Type: Article

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