by Wong Kwok Choi. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-67). / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Rural Reforms in China after 1978 and the Regional Development of Rural Enterprises --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1. --- Historical Background --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2. --- China's Rural Enterprises and Regional Development --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3. --- Description of the Regions Included in the Study --- p.13 / Chapter 3. --- Rural Income Inequality in China after 1978: A Brief Literature Review --- p.21 / Chapter 4. --- The Methodology and Data --- p.27 / Chapter 4.1. --- The Generalized Entropy Measures --- p.27 / Chapter 4.2. --- Inequality Decomposition by Factor Components --- p.29 / Chapter 4.3. --- Extension of Shorrocks´ة Decomposition Rule --- p.33 / Chapter 4.4. --- An Asymptotically Distribution-Free Test for Inequality Index and its Decomposed Components --- p.35 / Chapter 4.5. --- The Data --- p.36 / Chapter 5. --- Empirical Results and Policy Implications --- p.39 / Chapter 5.1.a. --- "Rural Income Inequality Trends for Shanxi, Guangdong and Gansu Derived from County-Level Data" --- p.40 / Chapter 5.l.b. --- "Factor Decomposition Analyses for Shanxi, Guangdong and Gansu Using County-Level Data" --- p.41 / Chapter 5.1.c. --- "Between- and Within-Province Factor Decomposition Analysis Using Pooled County-Level Data for Shanxi, Guangdong and Gansu" --- p.47 / Chapter 5.1.d. --- Between- and Within-County Factor Decomposition Analysis Using Township and Village Level Data for Shanxi --- p.49 / Chapter 5.2. --- Discussion and Policy Implications --- p.53 / Chapter 6. --- Summary --- p.58 / REFERENCES --- p.63 / APPENDIX / Chapter 1. --- Derivation of the Extended Shorrocks' Decomposition Rule --- p.68 / Chapter 2. --- Derivation of the Asymptotic Distributions of Inequality Index and Its Decomposed Components --- p.69 / Chapter 3. --- The Double Counting Problem of GVO and GVI --- p.84 / Chapter 4. --- The Data Set --- p.87 / TABLES / FIGURES

Lee Pak-kuen. / Thesis (M.Ph.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1987. / Bibliography: leaves 238-250.