The Myth of the "New Urban Poverty"? Trends in Urban Poverty in China, 1988-2002

Urban China in Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 48-65

  Appleton, Simon ^a   Song, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Household incomes; Migrants; Urban poverty; Urban rural divide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890233640     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470712870.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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