Can Guangxi's Specialized Tourism Counties Reduce the Urban-Rural Income Gap?:An Assessment of Policy Effects Based on a Multi-Temporal Double-Difference Approach
In order to assess the impact of the policy of famous tourism counties with characteristics of Guangxi on the urban-rural income gap,this paper analyzes the related policy and its mechanism by using panel data of 110 counties from 2012 to 2020.It is found that the policy implementation can reduce the income gap,which is mainly achieved through optimizing the industrial structure,increasing the investment,and so on.The effects on narrowing the urban-rural income gap are much more obvious in cities with a lower level of economic development.
Guangxi's characteristic tourist countymulti-point double differenceurban-rural income disparitycoordinated regional development