The coast-noncoast income gap, productivity, and regional economic policy in China

Article Abstract:

The coast-noncoast income gap may be resolved with the expansion of the volume of human capital, such as college-trained managers and personnel, in Chinese noncoastal provinces. The findings show that the average rates of return to infrastructure investments are smaller in noncoastal areas than in the coastal areas due to the counter-effect of lower total factor productivity (TFP). However, to encourage new graduates to stay in the noncoastal areas to boost TFP, transportation and other means of convenient living should be provided.

Economics, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Local Economic Data, Models

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Regional income inequality and economic growth in China

Article Abstract:

China's unequal regional per capita production was mainly caused by coast-noncoast income differential. A growth model that considers cross-section and panel data from 1978 to 1993 indicates that noncoastal provinces have a minimal physical-investment advantage over coastal provinces. However, coastal provinces have more direct foreign investments than those inland. The central government has imposed policies that focus on investment redistribution and to limit the shifting of labor force to high-income coastal provinces.

Research, Economic development, Distribution (Economics)

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Returns to skills and speed of reforms: evidence from central and eastern Europe, China, and Russia

Article Abstract:

The effect of speed of reforms relating to transition from planned economy to market economy on the returns to education is assessed based on data from China, Russia, and Central and Eastern Europe.

China, Europe, Government expenditures, Eastern Europe, Management dynamics, Russia, Job Description & Qualifications, Analysis, Management, Economic aspects, Company business management, Central Europe, Communist countries, Job qualifications, Economic reform, Vocational qualifications

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