The Rise of the Middle Class in the People’s Republic of China
Yuan, Zhang; Wan, Guanghua; Khor, Niny | February 2011
Abstract
Using $2–$20 purchasing power parity per capita daily income as the definition of middle class, Zhang Yuan, Guanghua Wan, and Niny Khor find that majority of households in the People’s Republic of China have become middle class by 2007. This is especially impressive given that around 40% of households were still considered poor in 1991. This paper discusses these trends, their main determinants, and geographical distributions.
Citation
Yuan, Zhang; Wan, Guanghua; Khor, Niny. 2011. The Rise of the Middle Class in the People’s Republic of China. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2043. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.ISSN
1655-5252
Keywords
Alleviating Poverty
Anti-Poverty
Extreme Poverty
Fight Against Poverty
Global Poverty
Health Aspects Of Poverty
Indicators Of Poverty
Participatory Poverty Assessment
Poverty Eradication
Poverty Analysis
Poverty In Developing Countries
Poverty Reduction Efforts
Urban Poverty
Urbanization
Urban Services
Urban Projects
Urban Problems
Urban Poverty
Urban Policy
Urban Planning
Urban Infrastructure
Urban Health
Urban Government
Urban Economic Development
Urban Development Finance
Urban Development
Urban Conditions
Urban Communities
Urban Population
Development Indicators
Environmental Indicators
Economic Indicators
Educational Indicators
Demographic Indicators
Health Indicators
Disadvantaged Groups
Low Income Groups
Socially Disadvantaged Children
Rural Conditions
Rural Development
Social Conditions
Urban Development
Urban Sociology
Urban Plans
Urbanism
Urban agriculture
Economic Development
Rural Urban Migration
Cities
Poor
Economic forecasting
Health expectancy
Social groups
Political participation
Distribution of income
Inequality of income
Developing countries
Rural community development
Mass society
Social change
Social policy
Social stability
Population
Sustainable development
Peasantry
Urban policy
Urban renewal
Local government
Urban renewal
Urban housing
Urban sociology
Transit systems
Rapid transit
Public transit
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