Benjamin, Dwayne; Brandt, Loren; Giles, John - 2004
We document the evolution of the income distribution in rural China, from 1987 through 1999, with an emphasis on … in average living standards, we ask whether increases of inequality may have offset, or even threaten welfare gains … conducted by the China’s Research Center for Rural Economy (RCRE) in Beijing. These surveys permit us to construct a set of …