Readership: Researchers, academics, and graduates in development economics, China studies, transition economics.
John Knight, Professor of Economics, University of Oxford; and Fellow, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and Lina Song, Institute of Economics and Statistics, University of Oxford
"invaluable insights into key areas of development" - The Royal Society for Asian Affairs
"This study must be the most comprehensive analysis ever written on the sources and scope of China's urban-rural gap." - David Zweig, The Journal of Asian Studies
"This well-organized study ... Both China specialists and development econonmists will welcome this book for its straightforward, rigorous treatment of a critical contemporary issue." - R.P. Gardella, Choice, Jul/Aug.00.
Part I. Introduction 1: Setting the Stage Part II. Rural-Urban Comparisons of Income 2: The Rural-Urban Income Divide: Macroeconomics 3: The Rural-Urban Income Divide: Microeconomics Part III. Rural-Urban Comparisons of Welfare 4: Eduaction 5: Health 6: Housing Part IV. The Movement of Factors 7: Rural-Urban Transfer of Capital 8: Rural-Urban Migration of Labour: Macroeconomics 9: Rural-Urban Migration of Labour: Microeconomics Part V. Conclusions 10: Precis, Policy, and Perspective
