Inequality and public policy in China: Issues and trends

Inequality and Public Policy in China

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-34

  Gustafsson, Björn ^a,b   Shi, Li ^b,c,d   Sicular, Terry ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE INNOVATION   (Canada)

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EID: 84928421389     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511510922.001     Document Type: Chapter

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