investigates long-term changes in income inequality and poverty in China. Income inequality rose before 2007 and then fell by a … also indicates a considerable poverty reduction during China's economic transition, mainly because of the growth effect of …By using the five waves of the China Household Income Project surveys conducted during 1988-2013, this paper …

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 recently had a dual system of household surveys - one rural and one urban …

The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the structure of rural poverty in China. Based on data from the China … Household Income Project (CHIP) in 1988, 1995, 2002, 2007, and 2013, we analyze: 1.) Anti-poverty trends and problems during the … recent three decades. 2.) The structure of poverty during the recent period in comparison with previous periods. We consider …