Income Inequality between Chinese Regions: Newfound Harmony or Continued Discord?

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This paper develops an improved test of economic convergence or divergence using time series methods. The usefulness of the method is illustrated in an analysis of the growth pattern between Chinese regions in 1952–2007. Comparing all combinations of regional pairs, the analysis yields support for economic divergence in roughly half of the cases. In the other half, we instead find that regions have grown while maintaining stable income differences. As such, the results show the co-existence of divergence and conditional convergence among China's regions.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IFN Working Paper ; No. 872

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models ; Economywide Country Studies: Asia including Middle East ; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
• Subject: China ; Output convergence ; Non-linear cointegration ; Regionales Wachstum ; Entwicklungskonvergenz ; Regionale Einkommensverteilung ; Zeitreihenanalyse ; China

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Lyhagen, Johan ; Rickne, Johanna
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
• (where): Stockholm
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/81385
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