TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yao,Shujie
TI  - Economic growth, income distribution and poverty reduction in contemporary China
T2  - Routledge studies in the Chinese economy
SN  - 041533196X
AV  - HC427 .Y34 2005
U1  - 330.951 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - RoutledgeCurzon
KW  - Poverty
KW  - China
KW  - Equality
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 1949-
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - 2000-
N1  - 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?
N2  - "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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