China's Provincial Growth Dynamics

January 1, 2001

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Jahangir Aziz, and Christoph Duenwald. China's Provincial Growth Dynamics, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed December 26, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

China's rapid overall growth since 1978 masks significant differences in relative economic performance across its provinces. This paper finds that, while per capita income of poor provinces are catching up with those in the rich, the relative income distribution appears to be stratifying into a bimodal distribution--the costal provinces grativating toward one mode, and the remaining provinces toward the other--with economic structure and policies playing important roles in the growth dynamics.

Subject: Income distribution, Income inequality, National accounts, Personal income

Keywords: Beta-convergence exercise, Beta-convergence hypothesis, China, Convergence, Convergence process, Income, Income distribution, Income gap, Income inequality, Income ranking, Per capita income, Personal income, Process, Provincial growth, Twin peaks, WP

Publication Details

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22
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Working Paper No. 2001/003
Stock No:

WPIEA0032001
ISBN:

9781451841909
ISSN:

1018-5941

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