Wealth Accumulation and Distribution in Urban China
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- Xin Meng, 2007. "Wealth Accumulation and Distribution in Urban China," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 55(4), pages 761-791, July.
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Keywords
wealth; distribution; China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
- I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2007-02-17 (China)
- NEP-DEV-2007-02-17 (Development)
- NEP-TRA-2007-02-17 (Transition Economics)
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