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Characteristics and trends of regional inequality in China: a multidimensional perspective

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  • Rong Zhou
  • Zhengxi Zheng

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We conduct an empirical study on regional inequality, one of the main factors of the principal contradiction in China, using the provincial data from 2011 to 2019, from a multidimensional perspective. Inequalities are measured based on an approach that improves the applicability of inequality measures in multidimensional case. From the results, we find a continuous downward trend in overall regional inequality, but the performance of regional inequality differs across dimensions. Among four dimensions, regional inequality in the dimension of economy has been increasing and is substantially higher than others, and the sharp drop of inequality in ecology has greatly contributed to the decline in overall regional inequality since 2014. For sub-dimensions, we find that regional inequality in sub-dimensions including economic performance, economic innovation, economic infrastructure, ecological governance, and housing is at a relatively high level and on the rise, which should be Chinese government’s focus at the present stage.

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  • Rong Zhou & Zhengxi Zheng, 2024. "Characteristics and trends of regional inequality in China: a multidimensional perspective," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(8), pages 706-711, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:31:y:2024:i:8:p:706-711
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2022.2146640
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