This paper for the first time proposes an empirical framework for inclusive growth, under which policy :s-efficiency and distributive impacts can both be assessed. This paper applies this framework to China :s-rural i...This paper for the first time proposes an empirical framework for inclusive growth, under which policy :s-efficiency and distributive impacts can both be assessed. This paper applies this framework to China :s-rural infrastructure and a large sample of individual-level data, providing estimates of growth and distributive impacts of physical infrastructures of telephone and tap water in rural China. They all are found to promote rural income growth, helping narrow the rural-urban gap in China. More importantly, the poorer gained more than the richer from these infrastructures, implying benign distributive effects. This paper sheds light on the positive and important role in which infrastructure plays to promote inclusive growth in rural China.展开更多
As social and economic tensions in China grow more strained, discussions about the inclusiveness of China＇s rapid growth become both more common and more important. In the face of these socio-economic realities, econ...As social and economic tensions in China grow more strained, discussions about the inclusiveness of China＇s rapid growth become both more common and more important. In the face of these socio-economic realities, economists are trying to determine exactly how inclusive China＇s growth has been and how to increase that inclusiveness going forward. This paper aims to examine and measure the rate of inclusiveness in China＇s growth from 1978 to 2009 using a membership-based fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method. Results indicate that the past 30 years in China have only achieved ＂basic inclusivity, ＂ which indicates that there is much work to be done before China＇s economic growth can be considered to have equally benefited its entire population.展开更多
基金funded by Bairen Program of Yunnan provincethe NSF Projects 71133004 and 71603026 of the National Natural Science Foundation of China+1 种基金Projects 2015M580055 and 2016T90048 of the China Postdoctoral Science FoundationYouth Scholars Program of Beijing Normal University
文摘This paper for the first time proposes an empirical framework for inclusive growth, under which policy :s-efficiency and distributive impacts can both be assessed. This paper applies this framework to China :s-rural infrastructure and a large sample of individual-level data, providing estimates of growth and distributive impacts of physical infrastructures of telephone and tap water in rural China. They all are found to promote rural income growth, helping narrow the rural-urban gap in China. More importantly, the poorer gained more than the richer from these infrastructures, implying benign distributive effects. This paper sheds light on the positive and important role in which infrastructure plays to promote inclusive growth in rural China.
文摘As social and economic tensions in China grow more strained, discussions about the inclusiveness of China＇s rapid growth become both more common and more important. In the face of these socio-economic realities, economists are trying to determine exactly how inclusive China＇s growth has been and how to increase that inclusiveness going forward. This paper aims to examine and measure the rate of inclusiveness in China＇s growth from 1978 to 2009 using a membership-based fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method. Results indicate that the past 30 years in China have only achieved ＂basic inclusivity, ＂ which indicates that there is much work to be done before China＇s economic growth can be considered to have equally benefited its entire population.
