Inter-provincial income inequality and FDI in China
(2014) EKHR81 20141Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- Income inequality in China is a topic widely discussed in the literature. So are
globalization, and the continuous increase in the presence of foreign direct investment on the
world market. This paper uses data from the Chinese statistical yearbooks, to conduct an
empirical analysis, based on panel data, to research if there is a relationship between the
increasing levels of inter-provincial inequality in China, and the presence of foreign direct
investment. The results indicate that the presence of foreign direct investment do influence the
provincial variations in income, as well as China’s Gini coefficient, over the years of 1992 to
2010. These results points at, that the presence of foreign direct investment has a... (More) - Income inequality in China is a topic widely discussed in the literature. So are
globalization, and the continuous increase in the presence of foreign direct investment on the
world market. This paper uses data from the Chinese statistical yearbooks, to conduct an
empirical analysis, based on panel data, to research if there is a relationship between the
increasing levels of inter-provincial inequality in China, and the presence of foreign direct
investment. The results indicate that the presence of foreign direct investment do influence the
provincial variations in income, as well as China’s Gini coefficient, over the years of 1992 to
2010. These results points at, that the presence of foreign direct investment has a negative impact
on the level of inter-provincial inequality in China. (Less)
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- author
- Servin, Karin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- EKHR81 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- panel data analysis, province, FDI, inequality, China
- language
- English
- id
- 4779228
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@misc{4779228, abstract = {{Income inequality in China is a topic widely discussed in the literature. So are globalization, and the continuous increase in the presence of foreign direct investment on the world market. This paper uses data from the Chinese statistical yearbooks, to conduct an empirical analysis, based on panel data, to research if there is a relationship between the increasing levels of inter-provincial inequality in China, and the presence of foreign direct investment. The results indicate that the presence of foreign direct investment do influence the provincial variations in income, as well as China’s Gini coefficient, over the years of 1992 to 2010. These results points at, that the presence of foreign direct investment has a negative impact on the level of inter-provincial inequality in China.}}, author = {{Servin, Karin}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Inter-provincial income inequality and FDI in China}}, year = {{2014}}, }