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Economic Reforms and Income Inequality in Urban China
Okushima, Shinichiro; Uchimura, Hiroko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
This paper reports the results of an analysis of changes in income inequality, and in its determinants, in urban China … into China after the reforms. However, this will be problematic without equality of opportunity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227594
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Effectiveness and Challenges of Three Economic Corridors of the Greater Mekong Sub-region
Ishida, Masami - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
Since the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) program began in 1992, activities have expanded and flourished. The three economic corridors are composed of the East-West, North-South, and Southern; these are the most important parts of the flagship program. This article presents an evaluation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227595
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Changes in the causes of earnings inequality in urban China from 1988 to 2002
Asuyama, Yoko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008
This paper analyzes the causes of earnings inequality in urban China from 1988 to 2002. Earnings inequality in urban … China continuously increased, even when adjusting for regional price differences. This paper reveals how the causes of … China. Contrary to the situation from 1988 to 1995, between 1995 and 2002, employment status became the largest disequalizer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222475
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The contribution of supply and demand shifts to earnings inequality in urban China
Asuyama, Yoko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2008
inequality increase in urban China from 1988 to 2002. Product demand shift contributed to an equalizing of earnings distribution … in urban China from 1988 to 1995 by increasing the relative product for the low educated. However, it contributed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005222491
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Influence of Social Institutions on Inequality in China
Uchimura, Hiroko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2005
system, on income inequality in China. This study uses an inequality decomposition analysis approach comparing household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005534128
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Dimensions and determinants of upward mobility : a study based on longitudinal data from Delhi slums
Mitra, Arup; Tsujita, Yuko - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
This study based on two primary surveys of the same households in two different years (2007/08 and 2012) assesses the extent of inter-temporal change in income of the individual workers and makes an attempt to identify the factors which explain upward mobility in alternate econometric framework,...
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Factor decomposition of income inequality change : Japan's regional income disparity from 1955 to 1998
Higashikata, Takayuki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
We propose a method for the decomposition of inequality changes based on panel data regression. The method is an efficient way to quantify the contributions of variables to changes of the Theil T index while satisfying the property of uniform addition. We illustrate the method using prefectural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134400
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Pro-poor growth or poverty trap? : estimating intergenerational income mobility in rural Philippines
Takahashi, Kazushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
Using an intergenerational database covering nearly a quarter of a century, we explored the degree of intergenerational income mobility among individuals who had grown up in rural Central Luzon, the Philippines. We found that the intergenerational income elasticity is significantly lower than...
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Sources of Regional Income Disparity in Rural Vietnam: Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition
Takahashi, Kazushi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
This paper investigates determinants of regional income disparity in rural Vietnam, with special emphasis placed on the roles of human capital and land. We apply a decomposition method, suggested by Oaxaca and Blinder. We found that returns to assets rather than endowments, especially those of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005744761
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A closer look at the diffusion of ChinaGAP
Lei, Lei - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
To enhance Chinese agricultural production, improve food quality, build consumer trust, and encourage the export of agricultural products, the Chinese government designed the Chinese version of Good Agricultural Practice (ChinaGAP) based on the main principles of the GlobalGAP combining the...
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