Regional GDP per capita disparities between the coastal and interior provinces of China seemto be a bugaboo the Chinese … government cannot get rid of. This paper shows that there areagglomerative forces within China which emerge from the unbalanced … inequitywithin China. We show that in the case of agglomerative forces the hukou system can reduce disparities while a reduction of …

crowding-effects in the Chinese economy. Against the background of the peculiar characteristics of China's FDI-inflows the …

-economic development in China remains highly uneven both sociologically and regionally. Conventional wisdom holds that the prevailing …

The success of economic reforms in China is often attributed to favourable starting conditions. Yet structural … and insufficient reform efforts are shown to have worked against enterprise efficiency and economic growth in China …

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. …

One of the most notable social phenomena in China is the large urban-rural disparity. There are many studies of it, but … and rural households in China from 1988 to 2002. Our results suggest that low quantiles are associated with large …

China's economic miracle over the past three decades has been featured with its open-door policy, especially the … regional growth differences in China. However, it suggests that FDI cannot be blamed for causing regional inequality; it is the …

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. …