Economic growth, income distribution and poverty reduction in contemporary China
By: Shujie Yao.
Series: RoutledgeCurzon studies on the Chinese economy ;; 13
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Poverty -- China; Equality -- China; China -- Economic conditions -- 1949-; China -- Economic policy -- 1949-; China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-; China -- Economic policy -- 2000-
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of contemporary China. Comparison of economic performance in modern China. Future prospects; title: Economic performance in contemporary China : an overall assessment. Economic development in the pre-reform period and problems. Economic development under reforms. Economic performance : an overall review for half a century; title: Agricultural and rural development. 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; title: Openness and economic performance. Economic performance and openness : a brief review. How does openness affect growth? Economic crisis and recovery; title: Decomposition of Gini coefficients by population class and income source : a spreadsheet approach and application. the Gini coefficient and its decomposition by class and income source. An application for Sichuan prince in China; title: Rural-urban and regional inequality in output, income and consumption under reforms. Rapid growth but a more divided nation. A decomposition analysis of production, income and consumption inequality; title: Regional inequality and diverging club. The theory of economic growth. A model of club divergence. An empirical model and results. Alternative tests for club divergence; title: Understanding income inequality in China : a multi-angle perspective. 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; title: Further study on inequality and poverty reduction. A brief literature on economic growth, income inequality and poverty reduction in China. Poverty and its determinants in urban China. Poverty and poverty determinants in rural China; title: Unemployment and urban poverty. Why SOEs have to lay off workers and how redundancy affects poverty? Household survey data and definition of poverty lines. Data analysis; title: Is migration a way of escaping poverty in China? Development strategy and rural-urban migration. A theoretical model of migration. An empirical model of migration for China.