The Kuznets Curve on Income Distribution Does Not Hold in China: A Critical Assessment
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Keywords
Kuznets Curve; Income inequality; U shape; Ancient China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N95 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - Asia including Middle East
- O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O43 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2018-05-07 (China)
- NEP-HIS-2018-05-07 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-TRA-2018-05-07 (Transition Economics)
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