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Title: Spatial Inequality in Education and Health Care in China

Author(s): Ravi Kanbur and Xiaobo Zhang

Publication Date: December 2003

Keyword(s): illiteracy, infant mortality rate, polarization and spatial inequality in china

Programme Area(s): International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: While increasing income inequality in China has been commented on and studied extensively, relatively little analysis is available on inequality in other dimensions of human development. Using data from different sources, this Paper presents some basic facts on the evolution of spatial inequalities in education and healthcare in China over the long run. In the era of economic reforms, as the foundations of education and healthcare provision have changed, so has the distribution of illiteracy and infant mortality. Across provinces and within provinces, between rural and urban areas and within rural and urban areas, social inequalities have increased substantially since the reforms began.

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Kanbur, R and Zhang, X. 2003. 'Spatial Inequality in Education and Health Care in China'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=4136