Income Inequality and Poverty Governance in China

Fang Cai (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

261 Seiten

2026
Springer Verlag, Singapore
9789819550623 (ISBN)

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This book presents a collection of articles on income distribution and poverty reduction in China, written by leading experts in China. The chapters address a broad range of topics, including the income gap, informal employment, education, urbanization migrant workers, the middle-income group, household wealth and inequality in urban areas, income distribution with regard to the formal economy, mixed economy and labor, and the social security system. In closing, the book provides concrete policy recommendations.

Fang Cai, Ph.D. in economics, is formerly vice president of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and formerly director of the Institute of Population and Labor Economics at CASS (1998 -2014). Cai has been a visiting scholar at many universities around the world. Cai was also a delegate to the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the 12th National People’s Congress, and a standing committee member of both the National People’s Congress and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee.

Chapter One Forty Years of China’s Poverty Alleviation: Ideals, Practices, and Implications to the World.- Chapter Two Social Stratum in Urban Areas and Income Inequality.- Chapter Three The Informal Work in Urban Labor Market of China and Its Role in Poverty Alleviation.- Chapter Four Education, Cities and Its Development.- Chapter Five The Economic Conditions of Migrant Workers and Its Influencing Factors.- Chapter Six Development of Middle-income Group and Its Influencing Factors.- Chapter Seven Determinants of Household Wealth in Urban Areas.- Chapter Eight Income Polarization and Its Decomposition in Rural and Urban China: 1988-2007.- Chapter Nine Retrospect and Prospect on the Studies on Household Wealth Inequality in China.- Chapter Ten The Formal Economy, Mixed Economy and Labor Income Share in China.- Chapter Eleven The Income Redistribution Effect of China's Social Security System.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.4.2026
Reihe/Serie	International Research on Poverty Reduction
Zusatzinfo	33 Illustrations, color; 17 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	Household wealth • income inequality • Income Polarization • income redistribution • informal work • Labor Market • Middle-income Group • Migrant Workers • Poverty Alleviation • Social Stratum
ISBN-13	9789819550623 / 9789819550623
Zustand	Neuware