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Globalization and the Urban Poor in China

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  • Yin Zhang
  • Guanghua Wan

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This paper examines the distributional impact of globalization on the poor in urban China. Employing the kernel density estimation technique, we recovered from irregularly grouped household survey data the income distribution for 29 Chinese provinces for 1988-2001. Panels of the income shares of the poorest 20, 10 and 5 per cent of the urban residents were then compiled.

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  • Yin Zhang & Guanghua Wan, 2006. "Globalization and the Urban Poor in China," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2006-42, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    Keywords

    Equality and inequality; Globalization; Income distribution; Poverty; Urban economics;
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    JEL classification:

    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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