Income gap between urban and rural areas in China

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dc.contributor.advisorYu, Weiqiu
dc.contributor.authorDu, Yunge
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:17:09Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:17:09Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2023-03-01T15:01:13Z
dc.description.abstractSince economic reform beginning in 1978, China’s economy has grown rapidly resulting in higher standard of living for both urban and rural residents. However , the income gap between urban and rural residents continues to expand. Using time series data from 1978 to 2019 and cointegration technique, I find that (i) in the long run China’s Dual Economic Structure Dependence on Foreign Trade and Difference Between Urban and Rural Consumption expand the income gap while the Urbanization and Proportion of Agriculture in GDP reduce the income gap between urban and rural residents ; and (in the short run, only the Dual Economic Structure and the Difference Between Urban and Rural Consumption have a significant impact on the urban rural income gap. Accordingly , I recommend the governments increase investments in agricultural technology and training programs promote the export of agricultural products, and encourage the rural residents to consume more by increasing agricultural subsidies.
dc.description.copyright© Yunge Du, 2021
dc.description.noteA Report Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Graduate Academic Unit of Economics
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dc.format.extentvi, 38 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13309
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineEconomics
dc.titleIncome gap between urban and rural areas in China
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Arts
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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