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Widening income distribution in post-handover Hong Kong / / Hon-Kwong Lui
| Widening income distribution in post-handover Hong Kong / / Hon-Kwong Lui |
| Autore | Lui Hon-Kwong |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.2095125 |
| Soggetto topico |
Income distribution - China - Hong Kong
Economic development - China - Hong Kong |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-36615-8
1-299-38670-9 1-134-10430-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Economic growth and income distribution; 1.2 Economic restructuring and income disparity; 1.3 The expansion of higher education; 1.4 Public housing and its redistributing effects; 1.5 Increasing poverty and the working poor; 1.6 City of immigrants; 1.7 Data sets; 2. Economic growth and income distribution; 2.1 A brief literature review; 2.2 Sustained economic growth; 2.3 Gini Coefficient and other measures of income inequality; 2.4 Household income distribution
2.5 Income distribution of the working populationAppendix: Decomposition of household income distribution; 3. Economic restructuring and rising income inequality; 3.1 Development of the various economic sectors; 3.2 Income distribution by industry; 3.3 Decomposition of rising income inequality by industry; 3.4 Income distribution by occupation; 3.5 Decomposition of rising income inequality by occupation; 4. The effects of the expansion of tertiary education; 4.1 The expansion of tertiary education; 4.2 A brief literature review; 4.3 Improving the quality of the labour force 4.4 Returns to education and earnings premium for higher education4.5 Income distribution by education; 4.6 Decomposition of rising income inequality by education; 5. The redistributive effect of public housing policy; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Housing subsidies: an international perspective; 5.3 Empirical framework; 5.4 Data set; 5.5 Assessing the redistributive effect; 5.6 Sensitivity analysis of income redistribution; 5.7 Conclusions; 6. Poverty and the working poor; 6.1 What is poverty?; 6.2 Absolute poverty; 6.3 Relative poverty; 6.4 Rising income inequality equals rising poverty? 6.5 How do we define a poverty threshold in Hong Kong?6.6 The working poor; 7. Immigrants and natives; 7.1 A brief review of Chinese immigration to Hong Kong; 7.2 The right of abode in Hong Kong; 7.3 A brief review of the literature; 7.4 Population by place of birth; 7.5 Income distribution by place of birth; 7.6 Decomposition of rising income inequality by place of birth; 8. Summary and concluding remarks; 8.1 Summary of findings; 8.2 Directions for future research; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452749403321 |
Lui Hon-Kwong
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Widening income distribution in post-handover Hong Kong / / Hon-Kwong Lui
| Widening income distribution in post-handover Hong Kong / / Hon-Kwong Lui |
| Autore | Lui Hon-Kwong |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.2095125 |
| Soggetto topico |
Income distribution - China - Hong Kong
Economic development - China - Hong Kong |
| ISBN |
1-134-10437-5
0-203-36615-8 1-299-38670-9 1-134-10430-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Economic growth and income distribution; 1.2 Economic restructuring and income disparity; 1.3 The expansion of higher education; 1.4 Public housing and its redistributing effects; 1.5 Increasing poverty and the working poor; 1.6 City of immigrants; 1.7 Data sets; 2. Economic growth and income distribution; 2.1 A brief literature review; 2.2 Sustained economic growth; 2.3 Gini Coefficient and other measures of income inequality; 2.4 Household income distribution
2.5 Income distribution of the working populationAppendix: Decomposition of household income distribution; 3. Economic restructuring and rising income inequality; 3.1 Development of the various economic sectors; 3.2 Income distribution by industry; 3.3 Decomposition of rising income inequality by industry; 3.4 Income distribution by occupation; 3.5 Decomposition of rising income inequality by occupation; 4. The effects of the expansion of tertiary education; 4.1 The expansion of tertiary education; 4.2 A brief literature review; 4.3 Improving the quality of the labour force 4.4 Returns to education and earnings premium for higher education4.5 Income distribution by education; 4.6 Decomposition of rising income inequality by education; 5. The redistributive effect of public housing policy; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Housing subsidies: an international perspective; 5.3 Empirical framework; 5.4 Data set; 5.5 Assessing the redistributive effect; 5.6 Sensitivity analysis of income redistribution; 5.7 Conclusions; 6. Poverty and the working poor; 6.1 What is poverty?; 6.2 Absolute poverty; 6.3 Relative poverty; 6.4 Rising income inequality equals rising poverty? 6.5 How do we define a poverty threshold in Hong Kong?6.6 The working poor; 7. Immigrants and natives; 7.1 A brief review of Chinese immigration to Hong Kong; 7.2 The right of abode in Hong Kong; 7.3 A brief review of the literature; 7.4 Population by place of birth; 7.5 Income distribution by place of birth; 7.6 Decomposition of rising income inequality by place of birth; 8. Summary and concluding remarks; 8.1 Summary of findings; 8.2 Directions for future research; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779417003321 |
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Lui Hon-Kwong
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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