The Impact of trade liberalisation on income distribution in China
While poverty has been declining with strong income growth, China's income distribution has deteriorated to recent years. Trade policy has been advocated to address income disparities, especially those between rural and urban households. Using a computable equilibrium model this paper analyses...
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Australia:
National Centre for Development Studies,
1997.
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| Online Access: | http://apseg.anu.edu.au/pdf/china/ce97-1.pdf |
| Summary: | While poverty has been declining with strong income growth, China's income distribution has deteriorated to recent years. Trade policy has been advocated to address income disparities, especially those between rural and urban households. Using a computable equilibrium model this paper analyses the impact of trade policy on incomes of different households. Particular attentions is given to various non-farm sources of incomes for rural and urban factor markets. |
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