The Impact of migration on rural poverty and inequality: a case study in China
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Migration; poverty; inequality; China;
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- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2014-04-18 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-MIG-2014-04-18 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-TRA-2014-04-18 (Transition Economics)
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