Estimating the effect of inequality on crime is challenging due to reverse causality and omitted variable bias. This … is found that inequality increases both property crime and violent crime. The estimates are robust to including … is largely manifested in persistent levels of economic inequality. Municipality-level economic inequality in Colombia is …

, 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 …

been modeling crime-employing inequality indicators as one of the explanatory variables, yielding mixed results. This paper … argues that income polarization rather than inequality should be taken into account in the context of crime analysis … crime. To substantiate our arguments, provincial panel data from the People's Republic of China (PRC) are used to model the …

Preface -- Chapter 1 Poverty Alleviation Process in Rural China -- Chapter 2 Literature Review -- Chapter 3 Absolute … and Relative Changes in Rural Poverty -- Chapter 4 Pro-poor Growth for Rural China -- Chapter 5 The Decomposition of … Income Growth and Income Inequality on Rural Poverty -- Chapter 6 Types of Economic Activities and Rural Residents’ Poverty …