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China High-Speed Railway and the Rise of Central China Plan

Xiong, Wen LU and An, Qi (2019) EKHR81 20171
Department of Economic History
Abstract
The upgrade of transport infrastructure may stimulate regional economic growth and reshape the industrial structure. It may also increase economic gaps between regional giants and peripheral areas through “siphon effect”. This paper uses the Difference-in-Differences (DID) model to examine the correlation between the operation of China high-speed railway (HSR) and changes in real per capita GDP, regional equality, and sectoral employment structure. Our research focuses on Central China prefecture-level cities in the context of the “Rise of Central China” Plan. Contrary to most studies, results show that the HSR operation has negative impacts on cities with HSR stations, cities with higher GDP prior to the HSR operation have been affected... (More)
The upgrade of transport infrastructure may stimulate regional economic growth and reshape the industrial structure. It may also increase economic gaps between regional giants and peripheral areas through “siphon effect”. This paper uses the Difference-in-Differences (DID) model to examine the correlation between the operation of China high-speed railway (HSR) and changes in real per capita GDP, regional equality, and sectoral employment structure. Our research focuses on Central China prefecture-level cities in the context of the “Rise of Central China” Plan. Contrary to most studies, results show that the HSR operation has negative impacts on cities with HSR stations, cities with higher GDP prior to the HSR operation have been affected most by the negative impact, the economic gaps among cities with HSR stations has been minimized after the operation, although the HSR cities have less share of employment in primary sector and larger share of employment in secondary sector, the causality between the HSR operation and the differences in employment structure is still unknown. (Less)
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author
Xiong, Wen LU and An, Qi
supervisor
organization
course
EKHR81 20171
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H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
China high-speed railway, the Rise of Central China plan, Difference- in-Differences model, real per capita GDP, regional equality, employment structure
language
English
id
8993861
date added to LUP
2020-02-17 10:08:09
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2020-02-17 10:08:09
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  abstract     = {{The upgrade of transport infrastructure may stimulate regional economic growth and reshape the industrial structure. It may also increase economic gaps between regional giants and peripheral areas through “siphon effect”. This paper uses the Difference-in-Differences (DID) model to examine the correlation between the operation of China high-speed railway (HSR) and changes in real per capita GDP, regional equality, and sectoral employment structure. Our research focuses on Central China prefecture-level cities in the context of the “Rise of Central China” Plan. Contrary to most studies, results show that the HSR operation has negative impacts on cities with HSR stations, cities with higher GDP prior to the HSR operation have been affected most by the negative impact, the economic gaps among cities with HSR stations has been minimized after the operation, although the HSR cities have less share of employment in primary sector and larger share of employment in secondary sector, the causality between the HSR operation and the differences in employment structure is still unknown.}},
  author       = {{Xiong, Wen and An, Qi}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{China High-Speed Railway and the Rise of Central China Plan}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}