| Titre | Labour Market Disparity, Poverty, and Inequality in Urban China | |
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| Auteur | Fei Guo, Zhiming Cheng | |
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Revue | China perspectives |
| Numéro | no 2010/4 Rural Migrants: On the Fringe of the City, a Bridge to the Countryside | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Rural Migrants: On the Fringe of the City, a Bridge to the Countryside |
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| Résumé anglais |
This paper examines poverty and income inequality in urban China by analysing recent survey data collected in four of the largest Chinese cities(1). Using a number of quantitative measurements, including poverty indices and Gini coefficients, the paper investigates income poverty and inequality among three groups, namely urban locals, urban migrants, and rural migrants. The results strongly suggest that urban poverty and inequality are a serious issue and that rural migrants have become a major segment in the urban poor class. The results are expected to contribute to the debate on how to improve public policy on poverty alleviation, which currently focuses only on officially registered urban locals. Source : Éditeur (via OpenEdition Journals) |
