This paper estimates the relationship between initial village inequality and subsequent household income growth for a large sample of households in rural China. Using a rich longitudinal survey spanning the years 1987-2002, and controlling for an array of household and village characteristics, the paper finds that households located in higher inequality villages experienced significantly lower income growth through the 1990s. However, local inequality’s...
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ПОДРОБНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ
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2010/11/01
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Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики
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WPS5483
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2010/11/01
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Disclosed
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Did higher inequality impede growth in rural China ?
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inequality and growth