, this paper summarizes research findings on the relationship between urbanization, urban-rural inequality, and poverty, and …Relying on the present literature, official statistics, and household survey data in the People's Republic of China … provides further empirical evidence on the role of urbanization and government policies in urban poverty. Several conclusions …

the distribution of consumption, poverty and inequality in the world. … percentile of the population (a ‘consumption/income profile’) for more than 160 countries and more than half a century (1960 …We introduce two separate datasets (The Global Consumption Dataset (GCD) and The Global Income Dataset (GID)) making …

the distribution of consumption, poverty and inequality in the world. … percentile of the population (a 'consumption/income profile') for more than 160 countries and more than half a century (1960 …We introduce two separate datasets (The Global Consumption Dataset (GCD) and The Global Income Dataset (GID)) making …

distribution of consumption, poverty and inequality in the world. … of the population (a ‘consumption/income profile’) for 158 countries and more than half a century (1960-2015). We …We introduce two separate datasets (The Global Consumption Dataset (GCD) and The Global Income Dataset (GID)) making …

-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups … find that women, urban residents and people with higher income are happier in China. More schooling, better health and … poverty will enhance well-being in China, policies that reduce rural-urban and gender inequalities are also likely to boost …