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China's Income Distribution Over Time: Reasons for Rising Inequality

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  • Wu, Ximing & Perloff, Jeffrey M., 2004. "China's Income Distribution Over Time: Reasons for Rising Inequality," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series qt9jw2v939, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
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