Regional economic disparities in China and their evolution from 1952 to 2000: evidence by Theil coefficient based on comparable prices

摘要

Since the late 1970s scholars have conducted many studies on the issue of regional economic disparities, but different scholars have reached different conclusions on the subject. This is mainly because the studies adopted different analytic approaches, perspectives, spatial units and statistical indicators, and examined different periods. On the basis of previous analyses and findings, this paper calcuLated and decomposed Theil coefficients based on comparable prices, and revealed inter-regional disparities and infra-regional disparities in economic development in China and trends in their evolution from 1952 to 2000.