Essays about: "harald enoksson"

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  1. 1. Will income inequality in China reverse itself? : Testing the Kuznets hypothesis on Fujian Province 1991-2003

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Hermansson; Harald Enoksson; [2007]
    Keywords : Inequality; income distribution; rural-urban income gap; China; Fujian; Kuznets’ hypothesis;

    Abstract : Using 1991-2003 yearly statistical data from 66 counties in China’s Fujian province, we examine the relationship between GDP/capita levels and the rural-urban income gap, to see whether there exists any statistical relationship between these variables, and if such a relationship bears resemblance with the Kuznets’ “inverted U” hypothesis, predicting inequality to first rise, and then fall, as economic development proceeds. Our results point in the opposite direction; the income gap falls at the early stage of economic growth, but rises again as growth proceeds. READ MORE