a new episode of increased urban income inequality in China

Rising Inequality in China: Challenges to a Harmonious Society

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 255-288

  Deng, Quheng ^a   Gustafsson, Björn ^b  

^a Department of Social Work University of Göteborg Göteborg Sweden Institute for the Study of Labor ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 84923493453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139035057.009     Document Type: Chapter

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