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The Rise of the Middle Class in the People’s Republic of China

dc.contributor.authorZhang Yuan
dc.contributor.authorGuanghua Wan
dc.contributor.authorNiny Khor
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-30T14:45:44Z
dc.date.available2015-01-30T14:45:44Z
dc.date.issued2011-02-01
dc.identifier.issn1655-5252
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11540/2043
dc.description.abstractUsing $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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherAsian Development Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.titleThe Rise of the Middle Class in the People’s Republic of China
dc.typeWorking Papers
dc.subject.expertAlleviating Poverty
dc.subject.expertAnti-Poverty
dc.subject.expertExtreme Poverty
dc.subject.expertFight Against Poverty
dc.subject.expertGlobal Poverty
dc.subject.expertHealth Aspects Of Poverty
dc.subject.expertIndicators Of Poverty
dc.subject.expertParticipatory Poverty Assessment
dc.subject.expertPoverty Eradication
dc.subject.expertPoverty Analysis
dc.subject.expertPoverty In Developing Countries
dc.subject.expertPoverty Reduction Efforts
dc.subject.expertUrban Poverty
dc.subject.expertUrbanization
dc.subject.expertUrban Services
dc.subject.expertUrban Projects
dc.subject.expertUrban Problems
dc.subject.expertUrban Poverty
dc.subject.expertUrban Policy
dc.subject.expertUrban Planning
dc.subject.expertUrban Infrastructure
dc.subject.expertUrban Health
dc.subject.expertUrban Government
dc.subject.expertUrban Economic Development
dc.subject.expertUrban Development Finance
dc.subject.expertUrban Development
dc.subject.expertUrban Conditions
dc.subject.expertUrban Communities
dc.subject.expertUrban Population
dc.subject.adbDevelopment Indicators
dc.subject.adbEnvironmental Indicators
dc.subject.adbEconomic Indicators
dc.subject.adbEducational Indicators
dc.subject.adbDemographic Indicators
dc.subject.adbHealth Indicators
dc.subject.adbDisadvantaged Groups
dc.subject.adbLow Income Groups
dc.subject.adbSocially Disadvantaged Children
dc.subject.adbRural Conditions
dc.subject.adbRural Development
dc.subject.adbSocial Conditions
dc.subject.adbUrban Development
dc.subject.adbUrban Sociology
dc.subject.adbUrban Plans
dc.subject.adbUrbanism
dc.subject.adbUrban agriculture
dc.subject.adbEconomic Development
dc.subject.adbRural Urban Migration
dc.subject.adbCities
dc.subject.naturalPoor
dc.subject.naturalEconomic forecasting
dc.subject.naturalHealth expectancy
dc.subject.naturalSocial groups
dc.subject.naturalPolitical participation
dc.subject.naturalDistribution of income
dc.subject.naturalInequality of income
dc.subject.naturalDeveloping countries
dc.subject.naturalRural community development
dc.subject.naturalMass society
dc.subject.naturalSocial change
dc.subject.naturalSocial policy
dc.subject.naturalSocial stability
dc.subject.naturalPopulation
dc.subject.naturalSustainable development
dc.subject.naturalPeasantry
dc.subject.naturalUrban policy
dc.subject.naturalUrban renewal
dc.subject.naturalLocal government
dc.subject.naturalUrban renewal
dc.subject.naturalUrban housing
dc.subject.naturalUrban sociology
dc.subject.naturalTransit systems
dc.subject.naturalRapid transit
dc.subject.naturalPublic transit
dc.subject.naturalMass transit
dc.title.seriesADB Economics Working Paper Series
dc.title.volumeNo. 247
dc.contributor.imprintAsian Development Bank
oar.themePoverty
oar.themeUrban
oar.themeLabor Migration
oar.adminregionEast Asia Region
oar.countryChina, People's Republic of
oar.identifierOAR-001486
oar.authorYuan, Zhang
oar.authorWan, Guanghua
oar.authorKhor, Niny
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