China's Economic Development and the Role of Rural Public Policy

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24330083
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Hiroshi 一橋大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 教授 (50211280)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): IKEGAMI Akihide 明治大学, 農学部, 教授 (80339572) ; WU Harry Xiaoying 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (90571464)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 経済事情 / 公共政策 / 農村発展 / 所得分配 / 公共投資

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study, focusing on rural China in the 2000s, investigates (1) the redistributive impact of public policies and (2) the determinants of the level and budget structure of village-level public investment projects. Firstly, it is confirmed that the pro-rural public policies has favorable impact on alleviating rural income inequality, although the level of impact differ by regions. Secondly, it is found that the county government objectives, village’s social capital, as well as village self-government, affects the geographical allocation and budget structure of public investment projects.

Free Research Field

中国経済