The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China
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- Benjamin, Dwayne & Brandt, Loren & Giles, John, 2005. "The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 53(4), pages 769-824, July.
- Dwayne Benjamin & Loren Brandt & John Giles, 2003. "The Evolution of Income Inequality in Rural China," Working Papers benjamin-04-01, University of Toronto, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Rural inequality; China; welfare and transition; poverty; farm incomes;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- P36 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
- D3 - Microeconomics - - Distribution
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2004-05-09 (Development)
- NEP-SEA-2004-05-09 (South East Asia)
- NEP-TRA-2004-05-09 (Transition Economics)
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