Zuge Xing

Abstract Since the 1980s, urban income inequality (UII) has become a primary source of global inequality. Understanding the sources of UII is crucial for achieving common prosperity. This study, from the perspective of skill biased technological change (SBTC) and industry diversification, employs machine learning methods to reveal the current spatial pattern of UII in China and analyzes the impact of SBTC on UII.

ABSTRACT Path dependence and regional economic resilience are core concepts in evolutionary economic geography, but research has paid less attention to the cognitive dimension. This paper extends the framework of path dependence to study the impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) experience on the economic resilience of 296 regions in China during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.