Regional Difference and Distribution Dynamic Evolution of Rural Residents'Livelihood Capital in China
Based on the sustainable livelihood analysis framework,evaluation index system of rural residents'livelihood capital in China is constructed.The Dagum Gini coefficient,Kernel density estimation and Markov chain are used to study the regional differences and dynamic evolution characteristics of rural residents'livelihood capital in China from 2006 to 2020.The results show that:(1)The livelihood capital of rural residents in China and live-lihood capital in various dimensions maintain an overall growth trend,with the characteristics of decreasing in natu-ral capital,material capital,human capital,social capital,financial capital,public capital in sequence.At the same time,it also shows a decreasing spatial distribution pattern in the eastern region,the central region,the northeast region and the western region.(2)The overall disparity of rural residents'livelihood capital in China,as well as the regional disparity among the eastern,northeastern,central and western all show a downward trend.The average contribution rate of intra-regional difference,inter-regional difference and hypervariable density to the over-all difference are 23.889%,63.536%and 12.642%,respectively.The inter-regional disparity is the main source of the overall disparity of rural residents'livelihood capital in China.(3)The regional disparity of livelihood cap-ital of rural residents in China shows a declining trend.In addition,the inter-group mobility of rural residents'livelihood capital in different regions is low,which makes it difficult to achieve a leapfrog transition.The inter-re-gional interaction affects the spatial distribution of livelihood capital of rural residents in China.