Cai Meng (Minzu University of China), Bjorn Gustafsson (Sweden Goteborgs Universitet and IZA - Institute, John Knight (University of Oxford and the Oxford Chinese Economy Pr

Economic Transformation and Income Distribution in China Over Three Decades

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Produktbeschreibung

It is arguable that the most important event in the world economy in recent decades has been the rise of China. This Element summarizes results from the national representative China Household Income Project (CHIP) for the period 1988 to 2018. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Produktdetails

• Elements in Development Economics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 75
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 138g
• ISBN-13: 9781009357630
• ISBN-10: 1009357638
• Artikelnr.: 68907123

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Why has China grown so fast?
3. Rural development: from being farmer to work as wage earner or self-employed
4. The Labour Market and Economic Reform: from Labour System to Labour Market
5. The Labour Market and Migration: from Labour Surplus to Labour Scarcity
6. Public revenues, expenditures and inequality
7. The urban-rural gap and the changed distribution of income and wealth
8. The development of Inequality of Opportunities and Poverty
9. Inequality by gender and ethnicity
10. The growth of China's middle class
11. Summary and Conclusions
Appendix.