Wang, Lili; Szirmai, Adam - In: Oxford Development Studies 41 (2013) 1, pp. 29-53
industry in 30 regions from 1978 to 2005. The unexpected conclusion is that over the whole period, there has been convergence … rather than divergence: more backward regions have caught up with leading regions. The process of regional convergence was … especially strong from 1978 to 1990. In the 1990s, there was divergence, but convergence resumed after 2000, leaving regional …