Income Disparities in China : An OECD Perspective

China has experienced spectacular economic growth since 1978, averaging 8 to 9% per year. As a result, on average, people's standard of living is far higher than ever before in China's history. However, economic disparities have also widened very significantly during this period, raising questions about the appropriateness and sustainability of existing policies

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Year of publication:	2004
Institutions:	OECD (contributor)
Publisher:	Paris : OECD Publishing
Subject:	China \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| OECD-Staaten \| OECD countries \| Regionale Einkommensverteilung \| Regional income distribution \| Räumliche Verteilung \| Spatial distribution \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth \| Einkommensdisparität \| Ungleichheit \| Mitgliedsstaaten

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (228 p.)
Series:	China in the Global Economy
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Chapter 1. The Evolution of Income Distribution Disparities in China since the Reform and Opening up; Chapter 2. Income Disparities in China A Review of Chinese Studies; Chapter 3. Disparities between Urban and Rural Areas and among Different Regions in China; Chapter 4. The Urban and Rural Poor in China and their Income earning Potential; Chapter 5. Analysis of Income Distribution in China's Poverty-stricken Counties: A Case Study of the Qinglong County of Hebei Province; Chapter 6. Income Disparities in Post-Reform China: A Review of the International Literature Chapter 7. Apparent Sources of Income Inequality in China or Plausible and Less Plausible Interpretations of Imperfect DataChapter 8. Trends in the Distribution of Household Incomes in the OECD Area; Chapter 9. Comments on Chapter 8, "Trends in the Distribution of Household Incomes in the OECD Area; Chapter 10. Earnings Disparities in OECD Member Countries: Structural Trends and Institutional Influences; Chapter 11 Measuring Regional Economies in OECD Countries; Chapter 12. The Distribution of Household Income in Different Regions of the European Union; Glossary; List of Participants;
ISBN:	978-92-64-01720-7 ; 978-92-64-01721-4 ; 978-92-64-01721-4
Other identifiers:	10.1787/9789264017214-en [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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