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Inequality and growth in modern China / edited by Guanghua Wan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in development economics.
- UNU/WIDER studies in development economics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Equality--China.
- Equality.
- China--Economic conditions--1949-.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (236 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume provides comprehensive updated coverage of inequality and poverty issues in China. Some of the methodologies developed herein are published for the first time and may be used in other contexts and for other countries. The use of different data sources and state-of-art research techniques ensures that the findings and conclusions can be substantiated and that the policy recommendations are reliable and robust. Contributors to this volume are renowned experts in theirrespective areas, including, notably, Justin Lin, Xing Meng, Kai-yuen Tsui, and Guanghua Wan. For these reasons, those
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; 1. The Inequality-Growth Nexus in the Short and Long Run: Empirical Evidence from China; 2. Income Inequality in China and its Influencing Factors; 3. Poverty Reduction in China: Trends and Causes; 4. Development Strategies and Regional Income Disparities in China; 5. Forces Shaping China's Interprovincial Inequality; 6. Financial Development, Growth, and Regional Disparity in Post-Reform China; 7. Spatial Convergence in China: 1952-99
- 8. China's Regional Inequality in Innovation Capability: 1995-20049. Widening Gap of Educational Opportunity? A Study of the Changing Patterns of Educational Attainment in China; 10. Poverty Accounting by Factor Components: With an Empirical Illustration Using Rural Chinese Data; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-85321-6
- 0-19-156017-0
- 9786611853211
- OCLC:
- 247100187
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