An investigation in China urban population distribution from 2000 to 2010

• Main Author: Liu, Yanxiong
• Other Authors: Zhang Jipeng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61858
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We apply a model by Desmet and Rossi-Hansberg (2013) to quantify the impact of efficiency, urban amenity and excess friction on the population distribution of Chinese cities, using population census data in 2000 and 2010. By changing one of the above three characteristics into an average national le...