Title: Understanding inequality and poverty in China : methods and applications /
Authors: Wan, Guang Hua.; World Institute for Development Economics Research.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Income distribution China.; Poverty China; Inkomensverdeling.; Armoede.; Regionale verschillen.; POLITICAL SCIENCE Economic Conditions.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Macroeconomics.; Economic history; Income distribution; Poverty; Inkomstfördelning Kina.; Fattigdom Kina.; China Economic conditions; China.
Abstract: The ongoing campaign of ₁western development₂ launched in 1999 and the recent Chinese government initiative of ₁building a harmonious society₂ highlight the urgency and significance of analyzing inequality and poverty. Prominent contributors from China and around the world explore trends of inequality and poverty in China, identify their causes and assess their consequences. Issues explored within this volume include regional/personal variation in incomes, measures of human wellbeing - such as health and education - the gap between the coastal regions (which have strongly benefited from the expansion of China's exports) and the interior regions, and urban-rural disparity. This volume also examines the impact that a variety of different factors have had in determining inequality and poverty and their dynamics. Factors examined include resource endowment, location (including proximity to major transport links such as coastal ports), historical differences in the pace of economic development, the uneven impact of economic reform and imbalance in the provision of economic and social infrastructure.
Contents: Preface; G. Wan -- Globalization and Regional Inequality in China: Evidence from within China; G. Wan, M. Lu and Z. Chen -- The Urban-Rural Gap and Income Inequality in China; T. Sicular, Y. Ximing, B. Gustafsson and L. Shi -- Financial Development and Income Inequality in Rural China, 1991-2000; Z. Liang -- Regional Income Inequality in Rural China 1985-2002: Trend, Causes and Policy Implications; G. Wan -- Human Capital and Wage Determination in Different Ownerships 1989-1997; X. Chunbing -- Income, Income Inequality, and Health: Evidence from China; H. Li and Y. Zhu -- Social Benefits in Urban China: Determinants and Impact on Income Inequality in 1988 and 2002; Q. Gao -- China Urban Poverty and its Contributing Factors, 1986-2000; X. Meng, R. Gregory and G. Wan -- Poverty, Pro-Poor Growth and Mobility: A Decomposition Framework with Application to China; Y. Zhang and G. Wan.