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The increasing inequality of wealth in China, 2002-2013

Knight, John B.; Li, Shi; Wan, Haiyuan - 2017

The inequality of wealth in China has increased rapidly in recent years. Prior to 1978 all Chinese households possessed … negligible wealth. China therefore presents a fascinating case study of how inequality of household wealth increases as economic … decomposed using data from two national sample surveys of the China Household Income Project (CHIP) relating to 2002 and 2013 …

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Dynamics and stagnation in the Malthusian epoch: Theory and evidence

Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2008

This paper empirically tests the predictions of the Malthusian theory with respect to both population dynamics and income per capita stagnation in the pre-Industrial Revolution era. The theory suggests that improvements in technology during this period generated only temporary gains in income...

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Dynamics and stagnation in the Malthusian epoch : theory and evidence

Ashraf, Quamrul (contributor); Galor, Oded (contributor) - 2008

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Dynamics and Stagnation in the Malthusian Epoch

Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded - 2012

This paper examines the central hypothesis of the influential Malthusian theory, according to which improvements in the technological environment during the pre-industrial era had generated only temporary gains in income per capita, eventually leading to a larger, but not significantly richer,...

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