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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Structure and Structural Change in China's Economy

Abstract

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"The previous three essays suggest some important linkages between nation and regional economic development; the fourth essay attempts to explore these aspects in a more formal way by examining the path of regional income inequality in China. The fourth essay employed a non-parametric method to examine spatial effects modeling the regional income disparity pattern in China. The main findings are that with the enlarging regional income disparity between the core region (coast) and the periphery region (west), China's regional income distribution has moved from convergence to stratification and from the stratification to polarization. The trend of ""high income regions remaining high"" and ""low income regions remaining low"" will result in a long-lasting regional disparity between the core and the periphery regions."

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Urban and Regional Planning
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Guo, Dong
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Hewings, Geoffrey J.D.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3202098
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79539

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Guo, Dong. Structure and Structural Change in China's Economy. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/79539