| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 271 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Chinese economy ; 13
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RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Chinese economy ; 13.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index. |
| Contents |
A brief history of contemporary China -- Comparison of economic performance in modern China -- Future prospects -- Economic development and problems in the pre-reform period -- Economic development under reforms -- Half a century of economic performance : an overall -- Agricultural and rural development in the pre-reform period -- Agriculture's role in China's economic development -- Prospects and constraints on agricultural development in the new century -- Economic performance and openness : a brief review -- How does openness affect growth? -- Economic crisis and recovery -- The Gini coefficient and its decomposition by class and income source -- An application for Sichuan province in China -- Rapid growth but a more divided nation -- A decomposition analysis of production, income and consumption inequality -- The theory of economic growth -- A model of club divergence -- An empirical model and results -- Alternative tests for club divergence -- Background of inequality -- Overall income inequality and urban-rural divide -- Rural income inequality and income sources -- Urban inequality and income sources -- Income inequality and poverty under economic reforms -- A brief literature review on economic growth, income inequality and poverty reduction in China -- Poverty and its determinants in urban China -- Poverty and poverty determinants in rural China -- Why SOEs have to lay off workers and how redundancy affects poverty? -- Household survey data and definition of poverty lines -- Data analysis -- Development strategy and rural-urban migration -- A theoretical model of migration -- An empirical model of migration for China. |
| Summary |
This book reviews the economic development history of contemporary China from 1949 up to today, paying special attention to the interface among growth, inequality and poverty reduction. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
China -- Economic conditions -- 1949-
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China. |
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1949- |
| Subject |
China -- Economic policy -- 1949-
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Economic policy. |
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China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-
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| Chronological Term |
2000- |
| Subject |
China -- Economic policy -- 2000-
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Poverty -- China.
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Poverty. |
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Equality -- China.
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Equality. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1949 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yao, Shujie. Economic growth, income distribution and poverty reduction in contemporary China. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005 041533196X (DLC) 2004010818 (OCoLC)55131415 |
| ISBN |
0203398130 (electronic book) |
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9780203398135 (electronic book) |
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041533196X (cased) |
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