Income inequality and growth from functional orientation and spatial policy: Case study of Tibet, China

doi:10.1007/s11629-019-5541-5

	Income inequality and growth from functional orientation and spatial policy: Case study of Tibet, China
	Zhao, Yan-nan 3; Fan, Jie 2,3; Wang, Ya-fei 3; Liang, Bo 2,3; Zhang, Lu 1
刊名	JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE
	2021
卷号	18 期号:1 页码:178-193
关键词	Income inequality Markov chains Mechanism Functional orientation Transfer payment Tibet China
ISSN号	1672-6316
DOI	10.1007/s11629-019-5541-5
通讯作者	Fan, Jie(fanj@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Economic inequality and poverty are problems experienced by many countries. Considerable attention has been paid to these issues in recent times. Studies on economic inequality have been characterized by geographical disparities and a lack of consideration of functional orientation. As one of the most typical and featured mountainous areas in Western China, Tibet demonstrates both the necessity and urgency of conducting studies on income inequality and growth issues. This paper proposes to address these problems by exploring the temporal and geographical variations in income inequality in Tibet, thereby revealing the differences in functional zones. Spatial Markov chains and panel regression analysis were applied to identify the spatial-temporal dynamics of income disparity. The results of this study show that (1) the overall income inequality in Tibet shows an expanding trend in the period 2005-2010 and a converging trend in the period 2010-2015, and there is a large disparity in income inequality between functional zones; (2) Tibetan farmers and herdsmen may face great difficulties in achieving substantial growth in the near future; (3) frontier counties, cultivated land, and grassland areas have negative impacts on income growth, while cordyceps counties, GDP per capita, agricultural product proportion, transfer payments, the ratio of non-agricultural employment to the total employment, the length of the average schooling year, and the slaughter rate of cattle and sheep have positive impacts; and (4) functional orientation has made great differences to income inequality and its mechanism. In light of these results, evidence-based policies have been formulated to boost average household income and narrow income inequality in Tibet.
WOS关键词	PANEL-DATA ANALYSIS ; REGIONAL INEQUALITY ; ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT ; RURAL CHINA ; POVERTY ; DECOMPOSITION ; EDUCATION ; SPECIALIZATION ; CONVERGENCE ; EMISSIONS
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	SCIENCE PRESS
WOS记录号	WOS:000607413000012
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/136738]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Fan, Jie
作者单位	1.Beijing Technol & Business Univ, Sch Int Econ & Management, Beijing 100048, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhao, Yan-nan,Fan, Jie,Wang, Ya-fei,et al. Income inequality and growth from functional orientation and spatial policy: Case study of Tibet, China[J]. JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,2021,18(1):178-193.
APA	Zhao, Yan-nan,Fan, Jie,Wang, Ya-fei,Liang, Bo,&Zhang, Lu.(2021).Income inequality and growth from functional orientation and spatial policy: Case study of Tibet, China.JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,18(1),178-193.
MLA	Zhao, Yan-nan,et al."Income inequality and growth from functional orientation and spatial policy: Case study of Tibet, China".JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE 18.1(2021):178-193.