and how far the interests of the marginalized poor are undermined by the dominant elite consisting mainly of the landed … and the capitalists. We distinguish the dominant elite from the minority elite (i.e., elected women and low caste … education while presence of capitalist elite, as reflected in greater degree of industrialisation enhances it, even in poorer …

considered as rich in a multidimensional setting. We use this framework to analyze the role of wealth, health and education, in … driven by health and to a lesser extent by wealth. -- Affluence ; multidimensional measurement ; mobility ; elites …

an adverse effect on wealth, and it is even present among the wealthiest cohort of individuals in present-day China. …More than half a century has passed since the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961), and China has transformed from a poor …, we combine historical data on province-level famine exposure with contemporary data on individual wealth. To better …

reasons, rural- to-urban migrants are less likely to own housing units in cities and as a result accumulate less wealth. Our … rural hukou owns 310 thousand yuan less housing wealth and 213 thousand yuan less total wealth than comparable household …

"This paper examines the determinants of intergenerational correlation of education in rural China by using a data from … education, family wealth, and other family characteristics are the same. The unique determinant of the intergenerational …