How does digital economy affect urban-rural integration? An empirical study from China

IF 6.5 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Habitat International Pub Date : 2024-11-20 DOI:10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103229

Xuewei Zhang , Chuanglin Fang , Haitao Ma , Xiaqing Hu

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Abstract

Urban-rural integration (URI) plays a significant and irreplaceable role in promoting China's ongoing modernization. The digital economy (DE) has increasingly provided new opportunities for the development of URI. Despite these advancements, few studies have delved into the interaction between DE and URI. To address this gap, this paper explores the impact of DE on URI in China and examines the underlying driving mechanisms. Specifically, the study constructed a measurement system for URI across six dimensions (population integration, industrial integration, land integration, ecological integration, public integration, and science and education integration), after which we undertook a regression analysis. The results showed that: first, DE significantly promoted URI; second, the promotion effect of DE on URI was more pronounced in China's eastern region, non-border regions, large cities, and cities with a per capita GDP exceeding 100,000 CNY; and third, DE affects URI through three paths (labor transformation, green technological innovation, and financial resource allocation). Based on the theoretical evidence provided by our findings, we also draw out a series of policy recommendations for improving URI in China.

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数字经济如何影响城乡一体化？来自中国的实证研究

城乡一体化（URI）在推动中国现代化进程中发挥着不可替代的重要作用。数字经济（DE）为城乡一体化发展提供了越来越多的新机遇。尽管取得了这些进展，但很少有研究深入探讨数字经济与城乡一体化之间的互动关系。针对这一空白，本文探讨了数字经济对中国城市用户研究的影响，并研究了其背后的驱动机制。具体而言，本研究从六个维度（人口融合、产业融合、土地融合、生态融合、公共融合和科教融合）构建了城市发展指数的测量体系，并进行了回归分析。结果表明：第一，发展对城市发展指数具有显著的促进作用；第二，发展对城市发展指数的促进作用在中国东部地区、非沿边地区、大城市和人均 GDP 超过 10 万元的城市更为明显；第三，发展通过三条路径（劳动力转化、绿色技术创新和金融资源配置）影响城市发展指数。基于研究结果提供的理论证据，我们还提出了一系列改善中国城市发展指数的政策建议。

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Habitat International Multiple-

CiteScore

10.50

自引率

10.30%

发文量

151

审稿时长

38 days

期刊介绍： Habitat International is dedicated to the study of urban and rural human settlements: their planning, design, production and management. Its main focus is on urbanisation in its broadest sense in the developing world. However, increasingly the interrelationships and linkages between cities and towns in the developing and developed worlds are becoming apparent and solutions to the problems that result are urgently required. The economic, social, technological and political systems of the world are intertwined and changes in one region almost always affect other regions.