Growing out of Poverty : Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 19882002

This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income Project (CHIP) surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing that poverty has fallen markedly during the period regardless of the exact location of the poverty line...

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Year of publication:	2008-04-01
Authors:	Appleton, Simon ; Song, Lina ; Xia, Qingjie
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Wirtschaftswachstum \| Ungleichheit \| inequality aversion \| Armut \| poverty

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Extent:	214016 bytes 42 p. application/pdf
Series:	Universität Bonn - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) - Discussion Papers in 2008 Discussion Paper ; 3459 (2008)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	J38 - Public Policy ; O15 - Human Resources; Income Distribution; Migration ; O38 - Government Policy ; Ergonomic job analysis ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; China
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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Growing out of Poverty : Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 19882002

Growing out of Poverty : Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 19882002