@article{Jian:294049,
      recid = {294049},
      author = {Jian, Tianlun and Sachs, Jeffrey and Warner, Andrew},
      title = {TRENDS IN REGIONAL INEQUALITY IN CHINA},
      address = {1995-10},
      number = {2272-2019-3937},
      series = {518},
      pages = {36},
      year = {1995},
      abstract = {Several recent studies have examined the tendency of  regions within a nation to exhibit long-term convergence in  per capita income levels. Barro and Sala-I-Martin (1991,  1992, 1995) have found a tendency towards convergence among  the U.S. states; among Japanese prefectures; and among  regions within Western Europe. In this paper we examine the  tendency towards convergence among the provinces of China  during the period 1952-1993. We find that real income  convergence of provinces in China has been a relatively  recent phenomena, emerging strongly only since the reform  period began in 1978. During the initial phase of central  planning, 1952-1965, there is some evidence for  convergence, but it is weak and sensitive to the time  period being analyzed. During the cultural revolution,  1965-1978, there is strong evidence of divergence rather  than convergence. We find strong evidence for convergence  during the reform period is associated with rural reforms,  and is especially strong within the coastal regions where  there has been liberalization of international trade and  investment flows. However, since 1990 regional incomes have  begun to diverge. Such a divergence is entirely explained  by the variance between the coastal and interior provinces,  rather than increase in variance within each othereither.  Therefore, it seems that China is now on a dual track, with  a prosperous and fast growing coastal region and a poor  interior growing at a lower rate.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/294049},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.294049},
}