Housing ownership, incomes, and inequality in China, 2002–2007

Rising Inequality in China: Challenges to a Harmonious Society

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 85-141

  Sato, Hiroshi ^a   Sicular, Terry ^b   Yue, Ximing ^c  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84923459922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139035057.005     Document Type: Chapter

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