China's provincial disparities and the determinants of provincial inequality

Chinas provincial disparities and the determinants of provincial inequality

The paper explains the growth –inequality nexus for China’s provinces. The theoretical model of provincial development consists of two regions and studies the interactions of a mutual depending development process. Due to positive externalities, incoming trade and FDI induce imitation and hence productivity growth. The regional government can in‡uence the economy by changing international trans...

A Spatial Interpretation of the Persistency of China’s Provincial Inequality

Scale, Agglomeration, and Regional Inequality in Provincial China

This study analyses regional development in provincial China through a case study of Jiangsu following the multi-scale and multi-mechanism framework. We have revealed a trend of increasing regional inequality and find it is mainly a result of the rapid development of Sunan (Southern Jiangsu), which also results in rising rural inter-county inequality. Subei (northern Jiangsu) faces more challen...

Provincial carotid endarterectomy outcomes.

BACKGROUND Outcomes must be measured as a first step toward improving performance. We sought to measure the national and provincial outcomes from carotid endarterectomy (CE) and explain provincial differences. METHODS We analyzed a large Canada-wide administrative hospital discharge database of all patients, except those in Quebec, receiving CE in 1994-1997 and used logistic regression for ri...

A Provincial Anxiety Disorders Strategy

Foreword Historically the disability and costs associated with mental health problems have been underestimated. This is particularly the case with anxiety disorders, the associated burden of disease now understood to be comparable to other major mental health conditions. Anxiety disorders impose a substantial cost on society and markedly compromise the quality of life for those affected. The Pr...