附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.
A brief history of contemporary China -- Comparison of economic performance in modern China -- Future prospects -- Economic development and problems in the pre-reform period -- Economic development under reforms -- Half a century of economic performance : an overall -- Agricultural and rural development in the pre-reform period -- Agriculture's role in China's economic development -- Prospects and constraints on agricultural development in the new century -- Economic performance and openness : a brief review -- How does openness affect growth? -- Economic crisis and recovery -- The Gini coefficient and its decomposition by class and income source -- An application for Sichuan province in China -- Rapid growth but a more divided nation -- A decomposition analysis of production, income and consumption inequality -- The theory of economic growth -- A model of club divergence -- An empirical model and results -- Alternative tests for club divergence -- Background of inequality -- Overall income inequality and urban-rural divide -- Rural income inequality and income sources -- Urban inequality and income sources -- Income inequality and poverty under economic reforms -- A brief literature review on economic growth, income inequality and poverty reduction in China -- Poverty and its determinants in urban China -- Poverty and poverty determinants in rural China -- Why SOEs have to lay off workers and how redundancy affects poverty? -- Household survey data and definition of poverty lines -- Data analysis -- Development strategy and rural-urban migration -- A theoretical model of migration -- An empirical model of migration for China.
摘要:This book reviews the economic development history of contemporary China from 1949 up to today, paying special attention to the interface among growth, inequality and poverty reduction.
