Changes in Poverty Profile in China

Shi Li ()

No DP2001-21, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: This study presents a comprehensive picture of poverty changes in China in the period of 1978-95. Using two micro-data sets from Household Income Surveys of 1988 and 1995, the author examines poverty distribution among various localities and population sub-groups. The results show that poverty has been and still is a location-specific phenomenon, especially in rural areas. Little difference of the incidence of poverty exists between males and females in both rural and urban areas. The poverty incidence presents a life-cycle pattern among age groups.

Keywords: Econometric models (Economic development); Equality and inequality; Income distribution; Macroeconomics; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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