Relative Deprivation in China
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Keywords
Relative Deprivation; Inequality; Poverty; China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology
- D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
- D3 - Microeconomics - - Distribution
- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
- O2 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2013-07-28 (Development)
- NEP-LTV-2013-07-28 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-TRA-2013-07-28 (Transition Economics)
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