The trapped dragon: A province-by-province analysis of the middle-income trap in China

Bala Ramasamy; Jiarui Zhang; Alan K.M. Au; Matthew Yeung

doi:10.22459/ag.27.01.2020.01

The trapped dragon: A province-by-province analysis of the middle-income trap in China

Bala Ramasamy (First Author), Jiarui Zhang (Participant Author), Alan K.M. Au (Participant Author), Matthew Yeung (Participant Author)

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China has been a prime candidate in the study of the middle-income trap (MIT), with inconclusive results. In this article, we pursue the question at a provincial level, and identify those provinces that are, or will be, trapped and those that have escaped. The 10 provinces identified as trapped are: Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Shaan’xi, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Gansu and Hebei. Productivity is found to be the most obvious reason behind a trapped province.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5-32
Number of pages	28
Journal	Agenda: a journal of policy analysis and reform
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22459/ag.27.01.2020.01
Publication status	Published - 2020

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myeung@ouhk.edu.hk

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