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Household Expenditure Patterns in Tianjin, *

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Teh-Wei Hu ,
Jushan Bai  and
Shuzhong Shi
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In recent years China has initiated economic reform. One objective of this reform is to improve consumer well-being by producing more agricultural and consumer goods. To achieve this objective, economic controls have been relaxed. A free market has been established and more economic incentives are provided for peasants and workers. The obvious questions to ask are: (1) have households increased their level of consumption? (2) Have the patterns or structure of consumption changed? (3) Has the change in price levels affected consumption? (4) To what extent has the establishment of a free market affected the consumption of free market goods versus goods from state stores? These are important policy questions for economists concerned with the Chinese economy.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 110 , June 1987 , pp. 179 - 195
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1987

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3. Data made available to the authors in Tianjin by the Tianjin Bureau of Statistics.

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