简介：Usingregionaldatafrom1990to2010inChina,thepaperexaminestrends,determinants,regionaldisparitiesandspatialeffectsofpopulationandeconomicdistributionconsistency.Resultsshowthatpopulationdensityismuchsmallerthaneconomicdensityatnationallevelandintheeastregions,Whilepopulationdensityislargerthaneconomicdensityinmiddleandwestregionsofthecountry.Spatialdependenceandspatialconcentrationexistinthepopulation-economicdistributioninconsistencyinChina.Materialcapital,humancapital,infrastructureconstructionandpoliciesarethemaininfluencingfactorswheneconomiclevelandstructurearecontrolled.Thereareprominentdifferencesintheabovefactorsindeterminingregionalpopulation-economicspatialdistributioninconsistency.Further,neglectingspatialeffectofpopulation-economicdistributioninconsistencycouldresultinunderestimationofmarketmechanismandoverestimationoftheroleofthegovernment.

简介：Unbalancedregionaldevelopmentcanbeexaminedbylookingatthemismatchbetweendemographicdistributionandeconomicdistributionacrosstheregions.UsingtheindicatorsmeasuringthedegreeofmismatchbetweendemographicandeconomicdistributionoftheregionsinChina,thispaperrevisitsthedisparitiesandtheirchangesinregionaldevelopment,indentifyingaconvergingtrendintheregionaldifferencesafter2003.Bydecomposingtheregionaldifferencesintocontributionsofdemographicandeconomicconcentrations,thispaperalsoexploresthemechanismsofchangingregionaldifferences,andconcludesthatthechangesofregionaldifferencesaremoreattributabletotheeffectsofeconomicgatheringthantothoseofdemographicgathering.Demographicconcentrationisplayinganincreasinglyimportantroleinreducingtheregionaldifferenceswithreducingbarrierstopopulationmobility.ThepaperalsodiscussespolicyapproachesaddressingbalancedregionaldevelopmentinChina.