This paper investigates how estimates of the extent and trend of income poverty in China between 1990 and 2001 vary as … within a reasonable range, a remarkable reduction in consumption poverty occurred in China during the 1990s. However …, estimates of the extent of Chinese poverty in any year are greatly influenced by the assumptions made. China’s record of …

economic outcomes in China. In this article, we construct a set of (rural, urban, total) provincial- level spatial price … provide illustrations of the significant effect of ignoring spatial price differences in the analysis of China’s economy. …