The Analysis of Rural Regional Disparity in China

Hing Lin Chan; Kai Ting Chan

doi:10.1111/1467-8381.00098

The Analysis of Rural Regional Disparity in China

Hing Lin Chan, Kai Ting Chan

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Rural regional disparity has now become one of the most concerning problems in China. This paper attempts to show that the inequality is mainly caused by the uneven development of rural collectively owned enterprises (COEs). In the early 1990s, COEs accounted for more than 70% of rural regional inequality. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of current government policies for lessening regional disparity, we use a data envelopment analysis to measure the efficiency of COEs in the rural areas. The analysis shows that COEs in the eastern region are relatively more efficient than those in the central and western regions. To explain this, the potential sources of the COEs' production efficiency in different provinces are examined in detail. The production efficiency of Chinese COEs is found to be closely related to the employment of a shareholding cooperative system, foreign investment, skilled workers, and a bonus incentive scheme.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23-38
Number of pages	16
Journal	Asian Economic Journal
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8381.00098
Publication status	Published - Mar 2000

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