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A spatial interpretation of the persistency of China's provincial inequality
Yu, Xiaofan - 2011
China's rapid economic growth in recent decades has not led to balanced income distribution: inter- and intra-provincial income inequality have been increasing and their respective contribution to the total income inequality remains relatively stable. Based on a new set of prefectural database...
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Does the geographic clustering of universities promote their scientific research performance? : evidence from China
Chu, Shuai; Wu, Mengfei - 2021
The fundamental purpose of university geographic clustering is to gather resources through "agglomeration" to improve the performance of higher education and scientific research. However, it has been debated whether university clusters can achieve the latter goal. With the help of the...
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Investigating economic synergy in the spatial structure of Tehran metropolitan region
Zarghami, Saeid; Tavakolinia, Jamileh; Sarrafi, Mozaffar - In: Regional science policy and practice : RSPP 16 (2024) 2, pp. 1-21
Economic synergy is essential in functional polycentric metropolitan regions due to their high collaborative potential between area centers and subcenters, which results in greater competition. Our results indicate that, based on the theory of economic geography, economic activities in...
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Clustering, Growth, and Inequality in China
Guo, Di; Jiang, Kun; Xu, Chenggang; Yang, Xiyi - 2019
This study examines the effects of China’s industrial clusters on its economic growth and urban–rural income inequality. A density-based index (DBI) is developed to capture the unique features of such clusters in China. From a county-level DBI panel data constructed based on firm-level and...
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Place-based preferential tax policy and its spatial effects : evidence from India's program on industrially backward districts
Hasan, Rana; Jiang, Yi; Rafols, Radine Michelle - 2017
The Government of India initiated a program in 1994 to promote manufacturing in districts designated as backward. The way the backward districts were identified enables us to employ a regression discontinuity design to evaluate the impacts of the program. We find that the program's 5-year tax...
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Trade Liberalization and Spatial Inequality : A Methodological Innovation in Vietnamese Perspective
Tarp, Finn - 2014
matrix for Vietnam, mapping on a one-to-one basis to each other. Distinct differences in poverty assessments emerge when the …
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Inequality in Vietnamese Urban-Rural Living Standards, 1993-2006
Le, Huong - 2010
Using data from five waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we find evidence of significant urban …-rural expenditure inequality. Urban-rural inequality in Vietnam increased dramatically from 1993 to 1998, and peaked in 2002 before …
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Inequality in Vietnamese urban-rural living standards, 1993 - 2006
Le, Huong Thu; Booth, Alison L. - 2010
Using data from five waves of the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, we find evidence of significant urban …-rural expenditure inequality. Urban-rural inequality in Vietnam increased dramatically from 1993 to 1998, and peaked in 2002 before …-rural inequality ; Vietnam ; unconditional quantile regression ; Oaxaca decomposition …
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How Does Viet Nam's Accession to the World Trade Organization Change the Spatial Incidence of Poverty?
Fujii, Tomoki; Roland-Holst, David W. - 2013
Trade policies can promote aggregate efficiency, but the ensuing structural adjustments generally create both winners and losers. From an incomes perspective, trade liberalization can raise GDP per capita, but rates of emergence from poverty depend upon individual household characteristics of...
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The emerging production networks in Mekong region
Taguchi, Hiroyuki; Matsushima, Daisuke; Hayakawa, Kazunobu - In: International journal of trade and global markets 7 (2014) 1, pp. 18-35
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