A Tale of Transition : An Empirical Analysis of Economic Inequality in Urban China, 1986-2009 /

This paper is the first comprehensive empirical study of earnings, income, and consumption inequality in urban China from 1986 to 2009, using unique micro-level data from the Urban Household Survey (UHS). The paper documents a drastic increase in economic inequality for the sample period. The paper...

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Autore principale: Ding, Haiyan
Altri autori: He, Hui
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/239
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF