Main research programs

• (A) The quantitative geography of sustainable development: Remote sensing, spatial econometrics, and spatial machine learning

• (B) Regional growth, inequality, and convergence: Perspectives from spatial econometrics and machine learning

• (C) Measuring the wealth and inequality of subnations: Views from outer space using satellite remote sensing

• (D) Modeling the wealth and inequality of subnations: Spatial spillovers and spatial heterogeneity

• (E) Spatial machine learning and development clusters

Research publications

Further information including current projects, slides, and summaries are available here: https://quarcs-lab.org/research

Li, Jiaqi. (2024). Examining the impact of digital financial inclusion on economic development in urban and rural areas of China using remote sensing. GeoJournal. [Published version]

Chen, Yilin. (2024) . Regional decline and structural changes in Northeast China: an exploratory space–time approach. Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science. [Published version]

Mendez, Carlos. Siregar, Tifani Husna. (2023). Regional unemployment dynamics in Indonesia: serial persistence, spatial dependence, and common factors. Lett Spat Resour Sci 16, 40 [Published version]

Aginta, Harry. Mendez, Carlos. & Someya, Masakazu. (2023). Regional Okun’s law and endogeneity: evidence from the Indonesian districts. Applied Economics Letters. [Published version]

Cutrini, Eleonora. and Mendez, Carlos. (2023). Convergence clubs and spatial structural change in the European Union. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. [Published version]

Chen, Yilin. Kpoviessi, Doheto Othniel. & Aginta, Harry. (2023). Investigating regional income convergence in China: an exploratory spatio-temporal perspective. Lett Spat Resour Sci 16, 17. [Published version]

Aginta, Harry. (2023).Inflation and spatial spillovers in a large archipelago: Evidence from Indonesia. Economic Papers A journal of applied economics and policy.[Published version]

Glawe, Linda. and Wagner, Helmut. (2023). New Evidence on the Human Capital Dynamics within China: Is There a Human Capital Trap? Singapore Economic Review. [Published version]

Mendez, Carlos. (2023). Measuring and understanding regional inequality through the lens of the Indonesian experience. Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science. [Published version]

Glawe, Linda. and Wagner, Helmut. (2023).The ‘Double Trap’ in China - Multiple Equilibria in Institutions and Income and Their Causal Relationship. Open Economies Review. [Published version]

Aginta, Harry. (2023).Revisiting the Phillips curve for Indonesia: What can we learn from regional data?.Journal of Asian Economics.[Published version]

Ursavas, Ugur. and Mendez, Carlos. (2022). Regional income convergence and conditioning factors in Turkey: Revisiting the role of spatial dependence and neighbor effects. Annals of Regional Science.[Published version]

Glawe, Linda. and Mendez, Carlos. (2022). Schooling ain’t learning in Europe: A club convergence perspective. Comparative Economic Studies. [Published version]

Miranti, Cani. and Mendez, Carlos. (2022). Social and economic convergence across districts in Indonesia: A spatial econometric approach. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies. [Published version]

Wiryawan,Bangkit A. Aginta,Harry. & Fazaalloh,Al Muizzuddin. (2023) Does GVC participation help industrial upgrading in developing countries? New evidence from panel data analysis, The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 32:7, 1112-1129.[Published version]

Santos-Marquez, Felipe. (2022). Spatial beta-convergence forecasting models: Evidence from municipal homicide rates in Colombia. Journal of Forecasting, 41(2), 294–302.[Published version]

Tipayalai, Katikar. and Mendez, Carlos. (2022). Regional convergence and spatial dependence in Thailand: Global and local assessments. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. [Published version]

Aginta, Harry. (2022).Spatiotemporal analysis of regional inflation in an emerging country: The case of Indonesia. Regional Science Policy & Practice.[Published version]

Mendez, Carlos. and Santos, Felipe. (2022). Economic and social disparities across subnational regions of South America: A spatial convergence approach. Comparative Economic Studies. [Published version]

Rifki Maulana, Muhamad. and Aginta, Harry. (2022).Testing for convergence clubs in real wage across Indonesian provinces from 2008 to 2020. Regional Statistics.[Published version]

Aginta, Harry. and Masakazu, Someya. (2022).Regional economic structure and heterogeneous effects of monetary policy: evidence from Indonesian provinces. Journal of Economic Structures. [Published version]

Dominguez, Alvaro. Santos,Felipe. and Mendez, Carlos. (2021). Sectoral productivity convergence, input-output structure, and network communities in Japan. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics.[Published version]

Gunawan, Anang. Mendez, Carlos. and Otsubo, Shigeru. (2021). Provincial income convergence clubs in Indonesia: Identification and conditioning factors. Growth and Change.[Published version]

Mendez, Carlos. & Gonzales, Erick. (2021). “Human Capital Constraints, Spatial Dependence, and Regionalization in Bolivia: A Spatial Clustering Approach.”” Economia, 44(87), 115-145. [Open published version]

Aginta, Harry. Miranti, Cani. and Mendez, Carlos. (2021). Regional Economic Growth Convergence and Spatial Growth Spillovers at Times of COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia. In Resosudarmo B. et al. (Ed.), Regional Perspectives of Covid-19 in Indonesia.[Source Document]

Santos, Felipe. Gunawan, Anang. and Mendez, Carlos. (2021). Regional income disparities, distributional convergence, and spatial effects: Evidence from Indonesian regions 2010–2017. GeoJournal.[Open published version]

Aginta, Harry. Gunawan, Anang. and Mendez, Carlos. (2021). Regional income disparities and convergence clubs in Indonesia: New district-level evidence. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy.[Open published version]

Mendez, Carlos. (2020). Convergence Clubs in Labor Productivity and its Proximate Sources: Evidence from Developed and Developing Countries. Springer. [E-book version] [Printed version]

Aginta, Harry. (2020). “Spatial dynamics of consumer price in Indonesia: Convergence clubs and conditioning factors.” Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Forthcoming. [Published version]

Aginta, Harry. (2020). “Does the law of one price hold in 82 Indonesian cities? Evidence from club convergence approach.” Economics Bulletin, 40(4), 2844-2858. [Open published version]

Santos-Marquez, Felipe. and Mendez, Carlos. (2020). “Regional Convergence, Spatial Scale, and Spatial Dependence: Evidence from Homicides and Personal Injuries in Colombia 2010-2018.” Regional Science Policy and Practice, Forthcoming. [Pre-print version] [Published version]

Mendez, Carlos. and Santos-Marquez, Felipe. (2020). “Regional Convergence and Spatial Dependence across Subnational Regions in ASEAN: Evidence from Satellite Nighttime Light Data.” Regional Science Policy and Practice, Forthcoming. [Pre-print version] [Publised version]

Mendez, Carlos. and Mitsuhiko, Kataoka. (2020). “Disparities in Regional Productivity, Capital Accumulation, and Efficiency across Indonesia: A Club Convergence Approach.” Review of Development Economics, Forthcoming. [Pre-print version] [Publised version]

Mendez, Carlos. (2020). “Regional Efficiency Convergence and Efficiency Clusters: Evidence from the Provinces of Indonesia 1990-2010.” Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science 4 (2): 391–411. [Pre-print version] [Published version]

Mendez, Carlos. (2020). Promoting both Industrial Development and Regional Convergence: Towards a Regionally Inclusive Industrial Policy. In Otsubo S. and Otchia C. (Ed.), Designing Integrated Industrial Policies for Inclusive Development in Africa and Asia. Routledge. Forthcoming. [E-book version]

Mendez, Carlos. (2019). “Lack of Global Convergence and the Formation of Multiple Welfare Clubs across Countries: An Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach.” Economies 7 (3): 1–17. [Open published version]

Dominguez, Alvaro. and Mendez, Carlos. (2019). “Industrial Productivity Divergence and Input-Output Network Structures: Evidence from Japan 1973–2012”. Economies 7 (2): 1–14. [Open published version]

Mendez, Carlos. (2018). “Beta, Sigma and Distributional Convergence in Human Development? Evidence from the Metropolitan Regions of Bolivia.” Latin American Journal of Economic Development 30 (Nov): 87–115. [Open published version]

Mendez, Carlos. (2018). On the distribution dynamics of human development: Evidence from the metropolitan regions of Bolivia. Economics Bulletin, 38(4), 2467-2475. [Open published version]