Understanding inequality and poverty in China : methods and applications / / edited by Guanghua Wan
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| Titolo: |
Understanding inequality and poverty in China : methods and applications / / edited by Guanghua Wan
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| Pubblicazione: | Basingstoke ; ; New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 339.2/20951 |
| 339.220951 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Income distribution - China |
| Poverty - China | |
| Development economics | |
| Labor economics | |
| Regional economics | |
| Spatial economics | |
| Political economy | |
| Poverty | |
| Development Economics | |
| Labor Economics | |
| Regional/Spatial Science | |
| International Political Economy | |
| Development Aid | |
| Soggetto geografico: | China Economic conditions 2000- |
| Persona (resp. second.): | WanGuang Hua |
| Note generali: | Published in association with the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER). -- T.p verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1 Globalization and Regional Income Inequality: Empirical evidence from within China; 2 The Urban-Rural Income Gap and Income Inequality in China; 3 Financial Development and Income Inequality in Rural China 1991-2000; 4 Regional Income Inequality in Rural China, 1985-2002: Trends, Causes and Policy Implications; 5 Human Capital and Wage Determination in Different Ownerships, 1989-97; 6 Income, Income Inequality and Health: Evidence from China |
| 7 Social Benefits in Urban China: Determinants and Impact on Income Inequality in 1988 and 20028 China Urban Poverty and its Contributing Factors, 1986-2000; 9 Poverty, Pro-Poor Growth and Mobility: A Decomposition Framework with Application to China; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book explores trends of inequality and poverty in China, identifies their causes and assesses their consequences, analyzing in detail the regional/personal variation in incomes, measures of human wellbeing, the gap between the coastal regions and the interior regions, and urban–rural disparity. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Understanding inequality and poverty in China |
| ISBN: | 1-281-91477-0 |
| 9786611914776 | |
| 0-230-58425-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782599203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Studies in Development Economics and Policy, . 1754-9604