Abstract
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 |
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| Article number | 27000075 |
| Pages (from-to) | 5-32 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |