| Summary: | 碩士 === 東吳大學 === 經濟學系 === 100 === Due to the slow industrial development in rural areas and the migration of population and labor force from rural areas to metropolitan areas, Taiwan shows significant regional disparities in social and economic aspects. This study tries to analyze the regional disparities from three crucial aspects: social increase in population, employment of secondary and tertiary sectors, and average income per capita. In addition, to analyze whether the establishment of interregional transportation will improve the problem of regional disparities, we also investigate the length of highway per unit of area for each county.
The data in this study includes 644 observations of 23 counties in Taiwan from 1982 to 2009. The analysis is composed of two parts. The first part adopts descriptive statistics and spatial statistics to analyze the problem of regional disparities. The second part investigates the Granger causality of the variables mentioned above. We hope to provide the policy implication for government to mitigate the regional disparities.
The empirical results show that there are significant disparities of 23 counties in social increase in population, employment of secondary and tertiary sectors, and average income per capita. There are significant Granger causalities for the variables discussed. The impact on social increase in population of average income per capita and employment of secondary and tertiary sectors is significantly positive. However, the impact of per unit length of highway on the other variables is significantly negative. It shows that the establishment of interregional transportation does not improve the problem of regional disparities.
|
|---|
