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China's emerging global middle class
Gustafsson, Björn; Sicular, Terry; Yang, Xiuna - 2017
This chapter seeks to throw new light on the emergence of the Chinese economic middle class using data from the China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011878839
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China's lesser known migrants
Quheng, Deng; Gustafsson, Björn - 2006
In China hukou (the household registration system) imposes barriers on permanent migration from rural to urban areas. Using large surveys for 2002, we find that permanent migrants number about 100 million persons and constitute approximately 20 percent of all urban residents. Receiving a long...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267854
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China's lesser known migrants
Quheng, Deng (contributor); Gustafsson, Björn (contributor) - 2006
In China hukou (the household registration system) imposes barriers on permanent migration from rural to urban areas. Using large surveys for 2002, we find that permanent migrants number about 100 million persons and constitute approximately 20 percent of all urban residents. Receiving a long...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328068
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New light on China's rural elites
Gustafsson, Björn; Ding, Sai - 2010
This paper analyses political elites, economic elites, hybrid elite households and non-elite households in rural China … probability of becoming an economic elite is linked to the age of the head of household and to the income level of the county …, indicating that opportunities to become an economic elite have increased over time, but in a spatially uneven way.We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008662990
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Data for studying earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty in China
Gustafsson, Björn; Li, Shi; Satō, Hiroshi - 2014
This paper discusses data used in publishing statistics on earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty in China by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which is widely used by policy makers, international agencies and researchers. Unlike many other countries, China until...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364972
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Social Assistance Receipt and its Importance for Combating Poverty in Urban China
Gustafsson, Björn - 2007
Since the second half of the 1990s economic restructuring in urban China has led to widespread joblessness and income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777030
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Rural People's Perception of Poverty in China
Gustafsson, Björn - 2007
Subjective Poverty Line methodology is applied to rural China 2002 using a sample from 22 provinces. Respondents were asked two questions: one on amount of food necessary and another on amount of cash necessary for their households. The respondent's perception of how much cash is needed varies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778032
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China's Lesser Known Migrants
Deng, Quheng - 2006
In China hukou (the household registration system) imposes barriers on permanent migration from rural to urban areas. Using large surveys for 2002, we find that permanent migrants number about 100 million persons and constitute approximately 20 percent of all urban residents. Receiving a long...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779966
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Catching Up with the West : Chinese Pathways to the Global Middle Class
Gustafsson, Björn - 2019
We investigate whether Chinese household incomes have caught up to those of the middle class in the developed world. Using nationwide survey data for 2002 and 2013, we find considerable catch up. Defining the global middle class as being neither poor nor rich in the developed world, we estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870136
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Data for Studying Earnings, the Distribution of Household Income and Poverty in China
Gustafsson, Björn - 2014
This paper discusses data used in publishing statistics on earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty in China by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) which is widely used by policy makers, international agencies and researchers. Unlike many other countries, China until...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052196