Transient Poverty, Poverty Dynamics, and Vulnerability to Poverty: An Empirical Analysis Using a Balanced Panel from Rural China

•We study poverty dynamics and vulnerability in rural China from 1991 through 2006.•Over time, the structure of poverty has changed from being mostly chronic to mostly transitory.•Vulnerability to poverty has been declining over time, largely due to increasing real incomes.•As of 2006, high income v...

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