Income redistribution in urban china by social security system-an empirical analysis based on annual and lifetime income

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 314-331

  He, Lixin ^a   Sato, Hiroshi ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84874349325     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2011.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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