An Empirical Research on Statistical Measurement of Regional Economic Differences

Abstract

Selecting the economic development, living standards and social development index of 2005-2017, this paper measures and analyzes the regional economic differences of the Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Qianzhou in Fujian Province by the R-language based on method of Theil index. The research shows that the regional development gap between the three cities of Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Qianzhou has gradually narrowed during the past 13 years, but the Theil index of related indicators has presented the tendency of stable and that can no longer be reduced in recent years.