TY - BOOK ED - CICC Research, CICC Global Institute. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Building an Olive-Shaped Society: Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Public Policies in China SN - 9789819708048 AV - HJ9-9940 U1 - 336 23 PY - 2024/// CY - Singapore PB - Springer Nature Singapore, Imprint: Springer KW - Finance, Public KW - Economic development KW - Political planning KW - Social policy KW - Public Economics KW - Economic Growth KW - Public Policy KW - Social Policy N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0804-8 ER -