Yilin ChenNagoya University | Meidai · Department of International Development(DID)
Yilin Chen
Master of Science
PhD student at Nagoya University, Japan.
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Introduction
I am a PhD student from the Graduate School of International Development at Nagoya University in Japan. My research interest focuses on economic growth and structural change at a regional level, applying spatial econometrics, convergence hypothesis, machine learning and geospatial big data analysis. My current research deals with: (1). Regional inequality and convergence; (2). Economic growth and geospatial heterogeneity; (3). Structural change and regional income dynamics.
Education
September 2019 - November 2020
September 2015 - June 2019
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Publications (3)
Limited access to regional and sectoral economic data hinders effective policy design in various countries. To address this issue, this study explores the potential of higher-quality nighttime light (NTL) data to predict economic activity across various sectors within regions. We analyze the relationship between NTL intensity and sectoral GDP in 81...
Literature on New Economic Geography (NEG) highlights the importance of spatial concentration and spillover effects in economic growth or decline. Northeast China, as an old industrial base, is experiencing a regional decline since its transition to the post-industrial stage. Therefore, what is the main sectoral composition in Northeast China and h...
Uneven regional development has become an issue in China since the Open and Reform Policy in the 1980s. The imbalance can be observed as the "coastal-west divide" in previous convergence studies. This paper aims to investigate the convergence of income and its determinants across Chinese provinces from 1999 to 2017 by including the role of space. O...
