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Rey, Sergio J.; Janikas, Mark V. - EconWPA - 2003

The study of regional income convergence continues to attract enormous attention. Recent emphasis has been placed on the underlying spatial dimensions of regional growth processes both from theoretical and empirical perspectives, as well as from exploratory and confirmatory methodological...

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Beyond the Millennium Development Goals: Regionally Inclusive Economic Growth for Lasting Peace and Prosperity in Sri Lanka

Wijerathna, Deeptha; Bandara, Jayatilleke S; Smith, … - Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, … - 2014

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Decomposition of Regional Income Inequality in Korea

Kim, Euijune; Jeong, Youn Hee - In: The Review of Regional Studies 33 (2003) 3, pp. 313-27

This paper analyzes sources of income inequality in Korea with respect to income source and region. When the Gini index … of overall income inequality was decomposed by geographical boundaries, the relative contribution of between …-region inequality to the total was 67.96 percent in 1995, showing a Gini index of 0.315. Half of this income inequality (a Gini index of …

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The Roles of Location and Education in the Distribution of Economic Well-being in Indonesia: Hierarchical and Non-hierarchical Inequality Decomposition Analyses

Akita, Takahiro; Miyata, Sachiko - Graduate School of International Relations, … - 2013

This paper analyzes the roles of location (rural and urban sectors) and education in the distribution of economic well … large expenditure disparities across education levels but that these are more pronounced in the urban sector than the rural … sector. When there are differences in educational structure between the rural and urban sectors, the hierarchical …

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Intercity Income Inequality Growth and Convergence in China

Anderson, Gordon; Ge, Ying - In: Journal of Income Distribution 18 (2009) 1, pp. 70-89

: inequality and polarization indices, to illustrate basic trends, stochastic dominance techniques, to provide unambiguous economic …

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Reimagining India's urban future : a framework for securing high-growth, low-carbon, climate-resilient urban development in India

Tewari, Meenu; Aziz, Zeba; Cook, Mitchell; Goldar, Amrita; … - 2015

India is at the cusp of a major urban transition. In less than twenty years, India's urban population is expected to …'s GDP, and this number is expected to rise to 75% by 2031. With 70% of all new jobs expected to come from urban areas …, accommodating a growing urban workforce will require large investments in new urban spaces. How prepared is India to deal with this …

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Space and growth

Abreu, Maria; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond J. … - 2004

This paper reviews the empirical literature on growth and convergence that has addressed the importance of spatial factors. An important distinction in this literature is the one between absolute and relative location. The literature on absolute location predominantly uses non-spatial...

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The Effects of Intraregional Disparities on Regional Development in China: Inequality Decomposition and Panel-Data Analysis

Reuter; Ulrich - Econometric Society - 2004

. A decomposition analysis shows that intraprovincial disparities contribute significantly to total regional inequality … is addressed. Using provincial panel data on industrial growth, capital and employment, the impact of inequality on … effect of intra-provincial disparities on provincial industrial growth, with causality from inequality to growth. Moreover …

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A Review of Human Development Trends in South Asia: 1990-2009

Kumar, Avinash - Human Development Report Office, United Nations … - 2010

This paper is a review of the broad human development trends in the South Asian region over the last twenty years. It attempts to identify the changing patterns, the region’s persisting sluggish performance on human development indicators in general as well as country-specific and intracountry...

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Regional disparity, transitional dynamics and convergence in China

Cheong, Tsun Se; Wu, Yanrui - In: Journal of Asian Economics 29 (2013) C, pp. 1-14

Most of the earlier studies on the convergence of income in China are based on provincial level data with a few papers focusing on intra-provincial units’ transitional dynamics. The objective of this study is to fill the void in the literature by using county-level data which cover 1485...

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