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Title: Labour market disparity, poverty, and inequality in urban China
Related: China perspectives, No. 4 (2010), p.16-31
Publisher: French Centre for Research on Contemporary China
Date: 2010
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 160300 Demography
Author/Creator: Guo, Fei
Author/Creator: Cheng, Zhiming
Description: This paper examines poverty and income inequality in urban China by analysing recent survey data collected in four of the largest Chinese cities(1). Using a number of quantitative measurements, including poverty indices and Gini coefficients, the paper investigates income poverty and inequality among three groups, namely urban locals, urban migrants, and rural migrants. The results strongly suggest that urban poverty and inequality are a serious issue and that rural migrants have become a major segment in the urban poor class. The results are expected to contribute to the debate on how to improve public policy on poverty alleviation, which currently focuses only on officially registered urban locals.
Description: 16 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 160300 Demography
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Business

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