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Poverty, inequality, and growth in urban China, 1986 - 2000

Meng, Xin (contributor); Gregory, Robert G. (contributor); … - 2005

Although urban China has experienced spectacular income growth over the last two decades, increases in inequality, reduction in social welfare provision, deregulation of grain prices, and increases in income uncertainty in the 1990s have increased urban poverty. Using a large repeated...

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Migration and urban poverty and inequality in China

Park, Albert; Wang, Dewen - 2010

Using data from recent surveys of migrants and local residents in 10 cities in 2005, this paper examines how migration influences measurements of urban poverty and inequality in China, and also compares how other indicators of well-being differ for migrants and local residents. Contrary to...

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Earnings instability and earnings inequality in urban China : 1989 - 2006

Zhao, Zhong (contributor) - 2007

This paper investigates the evolution of earnings inequality in urban China from 1989 to 2006. After decomposing the variance of log of earnings into transitory and permanent two parts, we find that both components are important contributors to the total variance of earnings. We also find that...

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Impact of income growth and economic reform on nutrition intake in urban China: 1986 - 2000

Meng, Xin (contributor); Gong, Xiaodong (contributor); … - 2004

Although urban China has experienced a rapid income growth over the last twenty years, nutrition intake for the low income group declined in the 1990s. Does this imply a zero or negative income elasticity for the low income group? This paper examines this issue using large representative sample...

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Income inequality in Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador : different reasons

Aristizábal-Ramirez, Maria; Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; … - 2015

This paper analyzes the individual-level determinants of wage inequality for Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador from 2001 … regressions and decompositions of standard Gini indices. Although popular opinion and standard Gini indices suggest Colombia to …'s or Ecuador's. In 2010, educational achievement explains over 10.9 percent of the Gini score in Colombia, 6.3 percent in …

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Two stories of wage dynamics in Latin America : different policies, different outcomes

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Carvajal-Osorio, Luis C. - 2018

This article explores the variation in the wage distributions of two Latin American countries, Bolivia and Colombia …, especially benefiting the least skilled workers and the informal sector. On the other hand, the wage distribution in Colombia …

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