China's Provincial Growth Dynamics

Jahangir Aziz and Christoph Duenwald

No 2001/003, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: WP; income; China; per capita income; process; Provincial growth; convergence; twin peaks; beta-convergence exercise; beta-convergence hypothesis; convergence process; income ranking; income gap; Personal income; Income distribution; Income inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22
Date: 2001-01-01
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