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– Evidence from the Han and ethnic minorities in China
This study investigates the unexpected impact that enforcing birth control policies in China has upon the educational stratification between the Han majority, the policy target group, and ethnic minorities, a partially excluded group. Exploring county-level variation in the value of fines levied for...
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Income inequalities and redistribution in China
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– Data collection and the impact on income inequality
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Income inequalities and redistribution in China
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This peer-reviewed research is available free of charge. UNU-WIDER believes that research is a global public good and supports Open Access.
Part of Journal Special Issue
Income inequalities and redistribution in China
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– A comparative approach with India
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Income inequalities and redistribution in China
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– 1988-2013
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Income inequalities and redistribution in China
Journal Special Issue
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This special section presents the main findings about long-run trends in inequality in China and its driving factors as they emerge from a country case study carried out under a UNU-WIDER-supported project. Special focus in the umbrella project were on three issues: (i) the role of earnings...
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Part of Journal Special Issue
Income inequalities and redistribution in China
– Correcting the data on top incomes in China
China has experienced fast economic growth over the last forty years. The number of Chinese billionaires has grown exceptionally fast and their wealth has increased enormously. At the same time, official statistics report decreasing inequality over the most recent decade. However, correcting data...
From an international perspective, growth in average wages has been very impressive in urban China during recent decades. Average wages were about ten times as high in 2013 as in 1988. But how has wage inequality evolved during this period? Wage inequality increased rapidly in urban China during...
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Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
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FDI, Employment, and Growth in China and India
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Vulnerability in Development
Getting an accurate picture of poverty and inequality trends and patterns in the world's most populous country is central to understanding changes in global inequality and poverty - these alter significantly when China is included or excluded. China's future performance is obviously central to the...
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– Poverty and Inequality in China
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Poverty and Inequality in China
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Poverty and Inequality in China
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