Rising inequality in China : challenges to a harmonious society / edited by Shi Li, Beijing Normal University, China, Hiroshi Sato, Hitotsubashi University, Japan, Terry Sicular, University of Western Ontario, Canada.

"Examines the evolution of economic inequality in China from 2002 to 2007; a sequel to Inequality and Public Policy in China (Cambridge University Press, 2008)"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. Rising Inequality in China: Key Issues and Findings / Terry Sicular -- 2. Overview: Income Inequality and Poverty in China, 2002 -- 2007 / Terry Sicular -- 3. Housing Ownership, Incomes, and Inequality in China, 2002-2007 / Yue Ximing -- 4. Educational Inequality in China: The Intergenerational Dimension / Yue Ximing -- 5. Inequality and Poverty in Rural China / Terry Sicular -- 6. The Evolution of the Migrant Labor Market in China, 2002 -- 2007 / Li Shi -- 7. A New Episode of Increased Urban Income Inequality in China / Bjorn Gustafsson -- 8. Unemployment and the Rising Number of Nonworkers in Urban China: Causes and Distributional Consequences / Ding Sai -- 9. Do Employees in the Public Sector Still Enjoy Earnings Advantages? / Li Shi -- 10. Redistributive Impacts of the Personal Income Tax in Urban China / Yue Ximing -- 11. Changes in the Gender-Wage Gap in Urban China, 1995 -- 2007 / Song Jin -- 12. Intertemporal Changes in Ethnic Urban Earnings Disparities in China / Samuel L. Myers, Jr.

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