The Urban–Rural Income Gap And Inequality In China
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2007.00219.x
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- Terry Sicular & Ximing Yue & Björn Gustafsson & Shi Li, 2006. "The Urban-Rural Income Gap and Inequality in China," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2006-135, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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