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BL
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992793
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b747163
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Yao, Shujie.
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Economic growth, income distribution and poverty reduction in contemporary China /\ Shujie Yao.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: RoutledgeCurzon,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Chinese economy ;; 13
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1 online resource (xxiii, 271 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203398130
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: 041533196X
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: 1134321414
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: 9780203398135
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: 9780415331968
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: 9781134321414
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041533196X
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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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.
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Equality-- China.
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Poverty-- China.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economic History.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Comparative.
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Economic history.
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Economic policy.
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Equality.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Economic Conditions.
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Poverty.
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Equality-- China.
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Poverty-- China.
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China, Economic conditions, 1949-
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China, Economic conditions, 2000-
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China, Economic policy, 1949-
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China, Economic policy, 2000-
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China, Economic conditions, 1949-
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China, Economic conditions, 2000-
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China, Economic policy, 1949-
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China, Economic policy, 2000-
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China.
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| Dewey Classification
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330.951
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| LC Classification
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HC427.Y34 2005eb
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| NLM classification
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F12clc
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