We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … policy to reduce regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth …

China’s remarkable growth in recent years has been often rather arbitrarily ascribed to a number of politico … of the growth effects of FDI inflows on a national scale. In addition, if China is to continue to benefit substantially …

We provide estimates of the effects that income inequality has on economic growth in China. Our empirical analysis is … at the county level. Using data provided by the China Health and Nutrition Survey, we construct measures of inequality … initial average income. For the relatively low levels of initial average incomes that were prevalent in China during the 1980s …

We study the dispersion in rates of provincial economic- and TFP growth in China. Our results show that regional growth … regional gaps in China as well as an efficient means to promote economic growth …