Inequality and poverty in China in the age of globalization / Azizur Rahman Khan, Carl Riskin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khan, Azizur Rahman, author.

Riskin, Carl, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--China.

Equality.

Poverty--China.

Poverty.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text analyses the growing inequality in income in China since the era of reform began in 1979. The economic growth policies adopted by China are just one of the issues discussed through the course of this book.

Contents:

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Household Income: Its Composition and Growth; 3 The Distribution of Income: Evolution of Inequality 1988-1995; 4 Trends in the Incidence of Poverty; 5 Gender, Health and Education: Human Development Dimensions of Inequality; 6 Explaining the Increase in Inequality and the Decline in Poverty Reduction; 7 Policies for the Reduction of Inequality and Poverty; 8 Summary and Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771030-1

1-280-83447-1

0-19-535041-3

OCLC:

352874963