Poverty in China Seen from Outer Space
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Keywords
China; Poverty; Nighttime light;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2014-12-24 (China)
- NEP-TRA-2014-12-24 (Transition Economics)
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