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Spatial poverty traps in rural China: Aggregation, persistence, and reinforcement
Author(s) -
Luo Xiang,
Zhang Zuo,
Wan Qing,
Jin Gui
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/area.12643
Subject(s) - poverty , china , development economics , distribution (mathematics) , rural poverty , economics , panel data , basic needs , economic growth , geography , econometrics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology
This paper identifies poverty traps in rural China from three dimensions: aggregation, persistence, and reinforcement. Distribution of poverty‐stricken counties is mainly related to topographic factors (slope and elevation). There is not only a low‐level equilibrium of income in poverty‐stricken counties, but also a “club convergence” of income between poverty‐stricken and non‐poverty counties. Income in poverty‐stricken counties has a “spatial spillover” effect, so poverty also manifests itself as spatial self‐reinforcement.