Income inequality in today’s China

Hasík, Gabriel

dc.contributor.author	Hasík, Gabriel
dc.contributor.editor	Socha, Marcin
dc.contributor.editor	Zaręba, Michał
dc.date.accessioned	2022-06-15T12:42:28Z
dc.date.available	2022-06-15T12:42:28Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Hasík G., Income inequality in today’s China, [in:] M. Socha, M. Zaręba (ed.), Asia in World Politics: Past, Present, and Future, WUŁ, Łódź 2021, https://doi.org/10.18778/8220-793-4.05	pl_PL
dc.identifier.isbn	978-83-8220-793-4
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11089/42148
dc.description.abstract	This chapter is focused on the problem of income inequalities in contemporary China which is one of the biggest developmental challenges for this country. First this part of the analysis includes general overview on studied problem putting emphasis on instrument for measuring income inequalities, and general drivers of this phenomenon. Second part is concentered on the nature of this problem in China since the late 1970s, when country has faced a period of rapid economic development. Chapter also points out attempts taken by the Chinese government to reduce income inequalities.	pl_PL
dc.language.iso	en	pl_PL
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego	pl_PL
dc.relation.ispartof	Asia in World Politics: Past, Present, and Future;
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Międzynarodowe	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	China	pl_PL
dc.subject	income inequalities	pl_PL
dc.subject	Gini coefficient	pl_PL
dc.subject	Lorenz curve	pl_PL
dc.title	Income inequality in today’s China	pl_PL
dc.type	Book chapter	pl_PL
dc.page.number	55-70	pl_PL
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	University of Economics, Prague	pl_PL
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-83-8220-794-1
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dc.identifier.doi	10.18778/8220-793-4.05