Research on the Impact of Agricultural New Quality Productive Forces on the Income Gap between Urban and Rural Areas
By using the panel data from 30 provincial-level administrative units in China from 2013 to 2022,based on fixed effect model,mediation effect model,and moderation effect model,this paper empirically tests the impact of agricultural new quality productive forces on urban-rural income gap,and verifies the mediation and moderation mechanisms of agricultural labor productivity and agricultural marketization level in the impact process.The research results show that the development of agricultural new quality productive forces can significantly narrow the income gap between urban and rural areas;through regional heterogeneity testing,it was found that the effect of agricultural new quality productive forces on narrowing the urban-rural income gap is most significant in the western region.Through the intermediary mechanism test,it was found that agricultural new quality productive forces can narrow the urban-rural income gap through agricultural labor productivity,and the intermediary effect of agricultural labor productivity is significant;through the analysis of regulatory mechanism,it is found that agricultural marketization has a positive regulatory effect on narrowing the urban-rural income gap in terms of agricultural new quality productive forces.Based on the research results,it is proposed to increase investment in agricultural technology research and development,promote the transformation and upgrading of agricultural production methods,continuously strengthen the construction of mechanisms for cultivating and introducing agricultural scientific and technological talents,strengthen policy guidance and support,and focus on cultivating agricultural new quality productive forces;pay attention to adapting measures to local conditions and fully leverage the growth effect of agricultural labor productivity brought by the agricultural new quality productive forces;policy recommendations are put forward to strengthen the market-oriented development of agriculture,promote the improvement of agricultural marketization level,and further narrow the income gap between urban and rural areas.
agricultural new quality productive forcesurban-rural income gapagricultural labor productivityagricultural marketization