Rural reform and peasant income in China : the impact of China's post-Mao rural reforms in selected regions / Zhu Ling
1991, First Edition. London, England : Macmillan Press Limited. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #388253
ISBN: 0333497430
Physical description: 21cm;
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Purpose of the Research; 1.2 The Study; 2 Background of the Subject; 2.1 The Historical Development of the Institutional Framework in the Rural Sector; 2.2 The Current Reform Policies and Their Historical Background; 2.3 A Theoretical Discussion of the Factors Which Caused Policy Swings; 3 Description of the Research Regions; 3.1 Henan Province; 3.2 Luoyang City; 3.3 The Three Counties Surveyed; 3.4 The Sample Villages; 4 Features of Peasant Households. 4.1 Tendency Towards Small Households4.2 Peasant Farms; 4.2.1 Labour force; 4.2.2 Scale of farmland; 4.2.3 Capital goods; 4.3 Transition From Subsistence Economy to Market-oriented Economy; 4.4 Conclusion; 5 Development of the Net Income of Peasant Households; 5.1 Income Level of the Households to 1978; 5.2 Income Level of the Households in 1985; 5.3 Income Inequality; 5.4 Conclusion; 6 Non-agricultural Activities of Different Income Groups; 6.1 Sources of Income; 6.2 Determinants of Non-agricultural Activities in the Regions Studied; 6.3 Inequality in Non-farm Income Distribution
6.4 Conclusion7 Main Influences on Farm Income; 7.1 The General Increase in Farm Incomes; 7.1.1 Organizational factors; 7.1.2 Technical Progress; 7.1.3 Cumulative effect; 7.2 Agricultural Income Distribution Among Sample Households; A: Miscellaneous Data; 7.3 Causes of the Disparity in Farm Income Between Sample Households; 7.4 Conclusion; 8 Savings and Investment; 8.1 Expenditure and Savings in Sample Households; 8.2 Barriers to Capital Investment in Agriculture; 8.2.1 Farmers' concern about political instability; 8.2.2 Low profitability of agriculture; 8.3 Conclusion
9 Discussion of Results9.1 Impact of Rural Economic Reform on Income of Peasant Households; 9.2 Current Problems in Increasing Income; 9.3 Conclusions and Possible Counter-measures; 10 Summary; B: Gross Output, Net Income and Labour Force Data; C: Regional Differences; D: Farm Development and Structure; E: Income Distribution; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Subjects: Agricultural wages China. Agriculture Economic aspects China.
Farm income China.
Rural development China.
Peasants China. Farm income China. Agricultural wages China. Agriculture Economic aspects China.
Agriculture and state China.
Communism and agriculture China. Peasantry China. Agriculture and state China.
Communism and agriculture China.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE Economic Conditions.
Agricultural wages. Agriculture and state.
Agriculture Economic aspects. Communism and agriculture. Farm income.
Réforme agraire Chine.
Revenus agricoles Chine.
Agrarreform. Landwirtschaftliches Einkommen. Rural communities China.
Central government policies China. Development economics China.
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