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

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Appleton, Simon () (University of Nottingham)
Song, Lina () (University of Nottingham)
Xia, Qingjie () (Peking University)

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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. Income inequality rose from 1988 to 1995 but has been fairly constant thereafter. Models of the determination of income and poverty reveal widening differentials by education, sex and party membership. Income from government anti-poverty programs has little impact on poverty, which has fallen almost entirely due to overall economic growth rather than redistribution.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 3459.

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Keywords: poverty; inequality; economic growth; welfare; public policy; China;

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O15 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
O38 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Government Policy

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  8. Ravallion, Martin & Huppi, Monika, 1991. "Measuring Changes in Poverty: A Methodological Case Study of Indonesia during an Adjustment Period," World Bank Economic Review, Oxford University Press, vol. 5(1), pages 57-82, January.
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