@article{Imai:280076,
      recid = {280076},
      author = {Imai, S.K.  and Malaeb, B. },
      title = {IFAD RESEARCH SERIES 27 - Asia’s rural-urban disparity in  the context of growing inequality},
      address = {2018},
      number = {2165-2018-7831},
      series = {IFAD Research Series },
      pages = {34},
      year = {2018},
      abstract = {This study offers empirical evidence on the rural-urban  gap in the context of growing inequality in Asia. First,  China and India explain the trends in regional inequality  given their large populations, signifying their importance  as major contributors. Overall, China’s income inequality  is characterized by rural-urban disparity, but the  inequality within rural and within urban areas has  worsened, although the country has experienced very high  economic growth. India is mainly characterized by high  inequality within urban areas, despite a sharp reduction in  urban poverty. India’s rural-urban income gap has narrowed  in recent years. We also find that the rural-urban income  gap has narrowed in many other countries, such as Thailand  and Viet Nam. Second, our econometric results on the  agricultural and non-agricultural income gap suggest that a  higher non-agricultural growth rate tends to widen the  rural-urban gap over time, while agricultural growth is  unrelated to the rural-urban gap. Third, the rural-urban  human resources gap in terms of educational attainment has  increased in both China and India. Policies that promote  agricultural growth and rural education are deemed  important not only for reducing rural poverty but also for  narrowing the rural-urban human resources gap. },
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/280076},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.280076},
}