Did the key priority forestry programs affect income inequality in rural China?

Land Use Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 264-275

  Liu, Tianjun ^a   Liu, Can ^b   Liu, Hao ^b   Wang, Sen ^c   Rong, Qingjiao ^a   Zhu, Wenqing ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China National Forestry Economics and Development Research Center   (China)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Ecological restoration; Forest economics; Income distribution; Income inequality decomposition; Key Priority Forestry Program

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FORESTRY POLICY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; TIANJIN;

EID: 84890674940     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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