Year (1999-2003)
Unique Provincial ID
County ID per province
Unique ID for every county
farmer's income in 1999 (yuan)
gdp per capita of the county in 1998 (yuan)
grain output of the county (ton)
coded 1 if county had tax reform in that year
coded 1 if county is along the coast line
coded 1 if county is a mountainous county
distance from the county to provincial ctr (in centimeters, measured on map)
fiscal revenue of the county (10000 yuan)
fiscal expenditure of the county (10000 yuan)
baseline fiscal expenditure (in 1998) (10000 yuan)
baseline administrative expenditure (10000 yuan)
urban income of the county (yuan)
% of farmers' income increase (dependent var)
Year Dummy, 2000
Year Dummy, 2001
Year Dummy, 2002
Year Dummy, 2003
coded 1 if county's distance to provincial center > median
coded 1 if county's administrative expenditure over total fiscal expenditue > me
coded 1 if county's fiscal expenditure over fiscal revenue > median
% of fiscal revenue over fiscal income
Province Name