Building an Olive-Shaped Society Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Public Policies in China. [electronic resource] : - 1st ed. 2024. - XXV, 195 p. 78 illus., 77 illus. in color. online resource.

From pyramids to olives -- Building a unified and inclusive labor market -- Real estate: Returning to real demand and reducing excessive financialization -- Balancing regional development and carbon emission constraints -- Sharing infrastructure and improving operational efficiency -- Establishing equitable and efficient systems for education and healthcare -- Connecting the hands of government and society to leverage the role of public finance and charity -- The macro trend of asset prices in the age of common prosperity. .

Open Access

This open access book offers a comprehensive analysis of China’s way of economic development balancing between efficiency and equity, striving to investigate existing challenges and to discuss the role of fiscal policies and philanthropy to mitigate social inequality. The book analyzes the current overall state and challenges of China's income and wealth distribution and describes the social inequality in specific fields such as labor market, housing markets, education, public health, infrastructure building and carbon emission. This book also explores the implications of long-run trends of macro-asset pricing. The book is both academically rigorous and readable. This valuable reference will attract readers in economics, public finance and social policy who seek to better understand China’s path of combating social inequality.

9789819708048

10.1007/978-981-97-0804-8 doi


Finance, Public.
Economic development.
Political planning.
Social policy.
Public Economics.
Economic Growth.
Public Policy.
Social Policy.

HJ9-9940

336