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Gennaioli, Nicola - 2013

We use a newly assembled sample of 1,503 regions from 82 countries to compare the speed of per capita income convergence within and across countries. Regional growth is shaped by similar factors as national growth, such as geography and human capital. Regional convergence is about 2.5% per year,...

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Trends in Regional Inequality in China

Jian, Tianlun - 1996

convergence among the provinces of China during the period 1952-1993. We find that real income convergence of provinces in China … coastal and interior provinces, rather than increase in variance within each other. Therefore, it seems that China is now on a …

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Mechanics of Spatial Growth

Cai, Sheng; Caliendo, Lorenzo; Parro, Fernando; Xiang, Wei - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

migration on China's spatial development and aggregate growth during the 1990s and 2000s. We find that initial conditions across … and aggregate growth in China. Changes in international trade costs and mobility restrictions during the 1990s and 2000s …

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On the Road : Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China

Banerjee, Abhijit - 2012

This paper estimates the effect of access to transportation networks on regional economic outcomes in China over a …

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Stirring Up a Hornets' Nest : Geographic Distribution of Crime

Galiani, Sebastian - 2016

This paper develops a model of the geographic distribution of crime in an urban area. When the police protect some neighborhoods (concentrated protection), the city becomes segregated. When the police are evenly deployed across the city (dispersed protection), an integrated city emerges. Unequal...

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Social Insurance and Public Assistance in the Twentieth-Century United States : 2019 Presidential Address for the Economic History Association

Fishback, Price - 2020

The growth of American governments in the twentieth century included large increases in funds for social insurance and public assistance. Social insurance has increased far more than public assistance, so "rise in the social insurance state" is a far better description of the century than "rise...

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Fleshing Out the Olive? On Income Polarization in China

Ravallion, Martin; Chen, Shaohua - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

In a rare example of an explicit national goal for income distribution besides reducing poverty, China's leadership has … the potential trade-offs, the paper asks whether China's experience indicates that income-polarization was a by-product of … polarizing in China …

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The Contribution of China, India and Brazil to Narrowing North-South Differences in GDP/capita, World Trade Shares, and Market Capitalization

Wang, Jing - 2011

/capita, shares in world trade and market capitalization attributable both jointly and single to China, India, and Brazil (the three … time. In contrast the North-China gap falls from 57.2 to 13.1 between 1990 and 2009, and India from 70.4 to 38.1 using … market exchange rates and from 23.4 to 5.5 for China and from 20.7 to 11.4 for India using PPP rates. We calculate the …

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Persistence and Path Dependence in the Spatial Economy

Allen, Treb - 2020

How much of the spatial distribution of economic activity today is determined by history rather than by geographic fundamentals? And if history matters for the distribution, does it also affect overall efficiency? This paper develops a tractable theoretical and empirical framework that aims to...

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Housing Inequality

Albouy, David - 2016

Inequality in U.S. housing prices and rents both declined in the mid-20th century, even as home-ownership rates rose. Subsequently, housing-price inequality has risen to pre-War levels, while rent inequality has risen less. Combining both measures, we see inequality in housing consumption...

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