Economic growth, income distribution and poverty reduction in contemporary China / Shujie Yao.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A brief history of contemporary China -- Comparison of economic performance in modern China -- Future prospects -- Economic development and problems in the pre-reform period -- Economic development under reforms -- Half a century of economic performance : an overall -- Agricultural and rural development in the pre-reform period -- Agriculture's role in China's economic development -- Prospects and constraints on agricultural development in the new century -- Economic performance and openness : a brief review -- How does openness affect growth? -- Economic crisis and recovery -- The Gini coefficient and its decomposition by class and income source -- An application for Sichuan province in China -- Rapid growth but a more divided nation -- A decomposition analysis of production, income and consumption inequality -- The theory of economic growth -- A model of club divergence -- An empirical model and results -- Alternative tests for club divergence -- Background of inequality -- Overall income inequality and urban-rural divide -- Rural income inequality and income sources -- Urban inequality and income sources -- Income inequality and poverty under economic reforms -- A brief literature review on economic growth, income inequality and poverty reduction in China -- Poverty and its determinants in urban China -- Poverty and poverty determinants in rural China -- Why SOEs have to lay off workers and how redundancy affects poverty? -- Household survey data and definition of poverty lines -- Data analysis -- Development strategy and rural-urban migration -- A theoretical model of migration -- An empirical model of migration for China -- --

1. Introduction -- 2. Economic performance in contemporary China : an overall assessment -- 3. Agricultural and rural development -- 4. Openness and economic performance -- 5. Decomposition of Gini coefficients by population class and income source : a spreadsheet approach and application -- 6. Rural-urban and regional inequality in output, income and consumption under reforms -- 7. Regional inequality and diverging clubs -- 8. Understanding income inequality in China : a multi-angle perspective -- 9. Further study on inequality and poverty reduction -- 10. Unemployment and urban poverty -- 11. Is migration a way of escaping poverty in China?.

"This book reviews the economic development history of contemporary China from 1949 up to today, paying special attention to the interface among growth, inequality and poverty reduction. A real Chinese economic miracle should have two important features: high income growth and a fair distribution system so that poverty can be eradicated."--Jacket.

"This book reviews the economic development history of contemporary China from 1949 up to today, paying special attention to the interface among growth, inequality and poverty reduction. A real Chinese economic miracle should have two important features: high income growth and a fair distribution system so that poverty can be eradicated."--BOOK JACKET.

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