China's Regional Inequality in Innovation Capability, 1995-2004

Peilei Fan and Guanghua Wan

No RP2006-153, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Relying on a recently developed decomposition framework, this paper explores spatial distribution of innovation capability in China. It is found that at the regional level, China's inequality in innovation capability increased from 1995 to 2004. At the provincial level, the inequality decreased from 1995 to 2000, but increased from 2000 to 2004. Location, industrialization and urbanization, human capital, and openness (foreign direct investment) are significant contributors to the inequality in innovation capability.

Keywords: Equality and inequality; Human capital; Industrialization; Technological innovations; Urbanization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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