Spatial rebalancing and industrial convergence in China

Francoise Lemoine, Sandra Poncet () and Deniz Ünal

China Economic Review, 2015, vol. 34, issue C, 39-63

Abstract: Our study documents the recent narrowing of the coast-inland divide in China. We argue that this rebalancing reflects, with a time lag, the catching up process which has been at work in the industry of the inland region since the end of the 1990s. The pattern is in line with the rapid and unconditional convergence observed in China's manufacturing industry over this period. The convergence of labor productivity suggests that advanced coastal regions have transferred capital and technology to the interior.

Keywords: China; Regional inequality; Manufacturing industry; Convergence; Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O14 O25 O53 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2015.03.007

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