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Urban--rural income disparities and development in a panel data set of China for the period from 1978 to 2006

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  • Hong-wei Zhang
  • Wei-guo Chen
  • Jie Zhang

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We examine the relationship between urban--rural income disparities and development in a panel data set of 30 provinces and regional subsets of China during the period of 1978 to 2006. There is an inverted-U relationship between the urban--rural income gap and per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Financial development by scale widens the urban--rural income gap in all regional samples, while financial sector efficiency and rural bank loans may reduce it in some regions. Government spending raises the urban--rural income gap as well. We also examine the effects of urbanization, openness and education.

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  • Hong-wei Zhang & Wei-guo Chen & Jie Zhang, 2012. "Urban--rural income disparities and development in a panel data set of China for the period from 1978 to 2006," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(21), pages 2717-2728, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:44:y:2012:i:21:p:2717-2728
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2011.566197
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