Full Description
This book presents a collection of articles on income distribution and poverty reduction in China, written by leading experts in China. The chapters address a broad range of topics, including the income gap, informal employment, education, urbanization migrant workers, the middle-income group, household wealth and inequality in urban areas, income distribution with regard to the formal economy, mixed economy and labor, and the social security system. In closing, the book provides concrete policy recommendations.
Contents
Chapter One Forty Years of China's Poverty Alleviation: Ideals, Practices, and Implications to the World.- Chapter Two Social Stratum in Urban Areas and Income Inequality.- Chapter Three The Informal Work in Urban Labor Market of China and Its Role in Poverty Alleviation.- Chapter Four Education, Cities and Its Development.- Chapter Five The Economic Conditions of Migrant Workers and Its Influencing Factors.- Chapter Six Development of Middle-income Group and Its Influencing Factors.- Chapter Seven Determinants of Household Wealth in Urban Areas.- Chapter Eight Income Polarization and Its Decomposition in Rural and Urban China: 1988-2007.- Chapter Nine Retrospect and Prospect on the Studies on Household Wealth Inequality in China.- Chapter Ten The Formal Economy, Mixed Economy and Labor Income Share in China.- Chapter Eleven The Income Redistribution Effect of China's Social Security System.
