Economic growth and convergence in China's provinces: theory and evidence

Subrata Ghatak () and Hong Li
Additional contact information
Subrata Ghatak: Kingston University London
Hong Li: Kingston University London

No 2002-1, Economics Discussion Papers from School of Economics, Kingston University London

Abstract: This paper uses both cross-sectional and panel data on Chinese provinces over the reform period 1978-1998 to examine the pattern of China’s regional economic growth on the basis of a theoretical model on convergence. We find a tendency to converge in terms of real GDP per capita both unconditionally and unconditionally. In addition, the cross-section regression supports the hypothesis that the growth rates of real GDP per capita are higher in provinces with greater openness to foreign countries, lower level of agricultural activity and higher investment in human capital.

Keywords: China; economic growth; Convergence; panel data analysis; fixed and random effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 O11 O41 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2002-01-01
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/6708/1/Ghatak-S-6708.pdf Full text (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ris:kngedp:2002_001

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Economics Discussion Papers from School of Economics, Kingston University London Kingston University London, School of Economics, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2EE, UK. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Andrea Ingianni ().