Data for Studying Earnings, the Distribution of Household Income and Poverty in China
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- Gustafsson, Björn & LI, Shi & Sato, Hiroshi, 2014. "Data for studying earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 30(C), pages 419-431.
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Keywords
China; data; poverty; inequality; income; earnings; National Bureau of Statistics;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- P36 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2014-06-28 (China)
- NEP-LTV-2014-06-28 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-TRA-2014-06-28 (Transition Economics)
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