Regional variation of GDP per head within China, 1080-1850: implications for the great divergence debate

We examine regional variation in Chinese GDP per head for five benchmark years from the Song dynasty to the Qing. For the Ming and Qing dynasties, we provide a breakdown of regional GDP per head across seven macro regions, establishing that East Central China was the richest macro region. In additio...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Broadberry, S, Guan, H
التنسيق: Working paper
اللغة:English
منشور في: University of Oxford 2022