How large is income inequality in China: assessment on different estimates of Gini coefficient

China Economic Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 113-122

  Yue, Ximing ^a   Li, Shi ^b   Gao, Xia ^b,c  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (China)

Author keywords

China; Gini coefficient; household survey; income inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890599380     PISSN: 17538963     EISSN: 17538971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538963.2013.861625     Document Type: Article

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