Can place-based policies reduce urban-rural income inequality? Evidence from China’s Old Revolutionary Development Program based on county-level data

Dan Pan, Peilin Fang, Shengdong Chen · 2023 · Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja

Summary. China's Old Revolutionary Development Program, a place-based policy targeting underdeveloped regions, reduced urban-rural income inequality by an average of 11.2% between 2010 and 2019. The effect worked primarily through government intervention and financial development. The policy proved more effective in western and central China than eastern China, and had stronger impacts in less developed counties. This demonstrates that well-designed place-based policies can meaningfully reduce income gaps between urban and rural areas.

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  title   = {Can place-based policies reduce urban-rural income inequality? Evidence from China’s Old Revolutionary Development Program based on county-level data},
  author  = {Dan Pan and Peilin Fang and Shengdong Chen},
  journal = {Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja},
  year    = {2023},
  doi     = {10.1080/1331677x.2022.2164323},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677x.2022.2164323}
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10.1080/1331677x.2022.2164323

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China

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Asia

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policy, regional-innovation-systems

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2026-04-28