Regional Growth in China: An Empirical Investigation using Multiple Imputation and Province-level Panel Data

Chen, Baizhu and Phillips, Kerk L. (2008): Regional Growth in China: An Empirical Investigation using Multiple Imputation and Province-level Panel Data. Published in: Research in Economics , Vol. 65, No. 3 (2011): pp. 243-253.

Abstract

This paper examines the contributions of various factors to China’s economic growth. The methodology is discussed in papers by Levine and Renelt (1992) and Sala-i-Martin (1997). Using multiple imputation techniques on a panel data from 1978 to 1999 for 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and independently administered cities, we find that provinces with more innovation capital and more bank-deposit-to-GDP ratios tend to experience higher economic growth. Migration of people into a province, the number of higher education teachers, railroad density & local government revenue as a percent of total government spending are all negatively related to subsequent growth rates.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: growth, provinces, empirical, panel-data
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H1 - Structure and Scope of Government > H10 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O53 - Asia including Middle East

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