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Income Distribution during the Transition in China

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This paper's goal is to increase the understanding of the inequality trends during the transitional period in China. From 1978 to 1995, China has been undergoing 18 years far-reaching economic system reform and opening to the outside world nationwide. During the transitional periods, the average household income per capita increased substantially and so did income inequality.

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  • Ping Zhang, 1997. "Income Distribution during the Transition in China," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-1997-138, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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