Natural Resources, Ethnic Autonomy and Social Welfare in China

• In Event: Ethnicity and Stability in China

Brief Overview

In this study, we show that natural resource production does not improve the economic growth and welfare of areas with high ethnic minority concentrations in China. We also find that autonomous governance does not assuage the adverse effects.

Authors

• Jean Ji Yeon Hong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

• Wenhui Yang, The University of Texas at Austin