Economic Growth, Income Inequality, and Poverty Reduction in People’s Republic of China
The paper proposes a poverty reduction index demonstrating that the selection of growth policies should be to maximize the sum of income and inequality effects. The empirical results indicate that economic growth in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) between 1985 and 2001 was effective in reducing...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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World Scientific Publishing
2003-01-01
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| Series: | Asian Development Review |
| Online Access: | https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0116110503000095 |