Unbalanced development of inter-provincial high-grade highway in China: Decomposing the Gini coefficient

Chen, Jiandong; Chen, Jiantao; Miao, Yi; Song, Malin; Fan, Yingjie

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2015.06.008

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“…Second, as a method of measuring inequality, the GC is not a panacea and the variables considered can only exist in the formulas. It cannot directly reflect the factors that do not exist in the formulas [23,81,86], such as economic variables, policy variables, environmental variables, etc. Third, we explored the UII unbalance, but lack the analysis of why and how this exists.…”

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Inequality, Bi-Polarization and Mobility of Urban Infrastructure Investment in China’s Urban System

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Abstract:In periods of rapid urbanization, investment in urban infrastructure should not only meet the increasing demands of all urban people, but also be equally allocated between cities to achieve social equity and sustainable development. This paper aimed to conduct quantitative research on the unbalance of urban infrastructure investment between cities in China. The measurement models for inequality, bi-polarization and the mobility of urban infrastructure investment were constructed by means of the Gini coefficient, bi-polarization index and mobility function from the urban system, and an empirical study was conducted based on panel data from 2006 to 2014. The results show that: (1) The overall inequality of urban infrastructure investment in China's urban system was relatively prominent and showed a "U-shaped" change generally. (2) The inequality between different administrative levels or regional cities only partially accounted for the overall inequality of China's urban system. (3) Inequality and bi-polarization showed inconsistent performance. (4) Mobility played a positive role in reducing the inequality and bi-polarization. Based on the empirical findings and the reality of China's urban infrastructure investment and financing, targeted policy suggestions were proposed in terms of adjusting inequality and bi-polarization, innovating investment and financing mechanisms, and optimizing urban infrastructure investment strategies.

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“…Nowadays, scholars generally accept the decomposition method of three parts [27]. The specific calculation formula is as follows [86]:…”

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Inequality, Bi-Polarization and Mobility of Urban Infrastructure Investment in China’s Urban System

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“…Thereafter, it is widely used to study inequalities in various fields, such as macro-economy [3,52], environment [53,54], health [11,35,36,41,55], transportation [56], education [10,57] and others. Compared with other common measure indexes that are applied to measure inequality, such as Theil index, Coefficient of Variation, and Centration Index, Gini Coefficient has a wider application [58].…”

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Regional Maldistribution of China’s Hospitals Based on Their Structural System

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Shi

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Health equity is significant for social sustainability and the Chinese government is trying to achieve the goals of "universal access to basic health care services". As the comprehensive carrier of health care services, hospitals are almost the most important health care resources and their regional maldistribution needs to give a special concern for health justice and social sustainability. This study aims to explore regional maldistribution of various hospitals through constructing, decomposing and calculating per capita hospitals Gini Coefficient based on the unique structural system of China's hospitals from [2003][2004][2005][2006][2007][2008][2009][2010][2011][2012][2013][2014]. Results show that: (1) the level of regional maldistribution of hospitals in China is not too serious in terms of quantity and there is a slight decline in recent years; (2) regional maldistribution of hospitals is mainly from General Hospitals and in inland areas; and (3) the slight decrease of regional maldistribution is mainly caused by Concentration Effect and increased per capita hospitals. Based on empirical results and the reality of China, some targeted policy suggestions are proposed to reduce regional maldistribution of hospitals and promote health equity for social sustainable development.

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“…Moreover, the household register system which divides city and country, as well as increasing income inequality is deepening institutional barriers and stratum differentiation to influence the opportunity to school. Though gender and regional gaps have been reduced significantly, the population residing in economically disadvantaged areas, especially females, still warrants social concern (Jun Yang, Xiao Huang 2015 [6]). …”

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“…Jiandong Chena and Jiantao Chena (2015) [6] use Gini coefficient to study the unbalanced development of Chinese inter-provincial high-grade highway from 1997 to 2013, the Gini coefficient is widely used to study the problem of resource allocation. In this paper, we also use the Gini coefficient to study the resource distribution in the US higher education.…”

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The Equality of Distribution of Education Resources—The Case of 96 Universities in the US

Liu¹

2017

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This study uses Gini coefficient and the different decomposition of Gini coefficient to investigate the equality of distribution of human capital and endowment. The result shows that neither the amount of endowment nor the number of teachers indeed causes a great deal of inequality in different schools. The contribution from full-time teachers is more than the contribution from the part-time teachers to the inequal distribution of teachers. For the inequal distribution of endowment, the contribution from the betweengroup is greater than the contribution from with-group.

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Unbalanced development of inter-provincial high-grade highway in China: Decomposing the Gini coefficient

Cited by 42 publications

References 18 publications

Inequality, Bi-Polarization and Mobility of Urban Infrastructure Investment in China’s Urban System

Inequality, Bi-Polarization and Mobility of Urban Infrastructure Investment in China’s Urban System

Regional Maldistribution of China’s Hospitals Based on Their Structural System

The Equality of Distribution of Education Resources—The Case of 96 Universities in the US

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