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Threshold Estimation on the Globalization-Poverty Nexus: Evidence from China

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China has experienced rapid integration into the global economy and achieved remarkable progress in poverty reduction over the last two decades. In this paper, by employing panel data covering twenty-five Chinese provinces over the period of 1986-2002, and applying the endogenous threshold regression techniques, we empirically investigate the globalization-poverty nexus in China, paying particular attention to the nonlinearity of the impact of globalization on the poor.

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  • Zhicheng Liang, 2006. "Threshold Estimation on the Globalization-Poverty Nexus: Evidence from China," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2006-57, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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