Urbanization and Urban-Rural Inequality in China: A New Perspective from the Government's Development Strategy

Urbanization and Urban-Rural Inequality in China: A New Perspective from the Government's Development Strategy

This paper offers a novel explanation for the lower urbanization rate and great urban-rural inequality in China. Our study reveals that, heavy-industry-oriented development strategy will result in lower urbanization rate and higher urban-rural inequality. The greater the degree of heavy-industry-ori...

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Main Authors: Lin, Justin Yifu, Chen, Binkai
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions D310
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Transportation O180
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics P250
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity R120
Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration
Regional Labor Markets
Population
Neighborhood Characteristics R230
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4699

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