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China: Industrialization, Growth and Territorial Disparities. A Challenge to the Sustainability of the Process of Change and Development

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  • Angela Sarcina
  • Marco R. Di Tommaso
  • Stefano Bonnini

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In the last thirty years, China has experienced a continuous and intense economic growth. The literature bears evidence that the process of growth and industrialization has been accompanied by territorial disparities. It is also reported that the implementation of economic policies partially contributed to territorial disparities. The aim of our work is to investigate how much the process of growth and industrialization has been accompanied by disparities and how they have changed over time. The analysis is developed in two stages. We first analyze the path of growth and industrialization that China has made in the period object of our analysis. We use a synthesis indicator that includes variables for exports, production, income, employment, and enterprises. Then the focus is on the territorial level in which, using data for the 31 Chinese provinces, we analyze heterogeneity of industrialization and growth. We finally try to highlight which provinces have driven growth, which are lagging behind and which have improved their condition with respect to others.

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  • Angela Sarcina & Marco R. Di Tommaso & Stefano Bonnini, 2014. "China: Industrialization, Growth and Territorial Disparities. A Challenge to the Sustainability of the Process of Change and Development," L'industria, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 3, pages 531-548.
  • Handle: RePEc:mul:j0hje1:doi:10.1430/78328:y:2014:i:3:p:531-548
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    1. Zheng, Liang & Zhao, Zhong, 2017. "What drives spatial clusters of entrepreneurship in China? Evidence from economic census data," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 229-248.

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