Research on the Impact of the Digital Economy on Urban-Rural Income Inequality:Digital Empowerment or Digital Negative Effect
This paper empirically examines the impact of the digital economy on urban-rural income in-equality based on panel data from prefecture-level cities from 2011 to 2020,utilizing a double fixed ef-fects model and a threshold effect model.The results indicate that the impact of the digital economy on urban-rural income inequality shows a U-shaped nonlinear relationship,initially decreasing inequality then expanding it.Furthermore,the degree of urbanization presents a double threshold effect in the pro-cess by which the digital economy influences urban-rural income inequality.Additionally,the impact of the digital economy exhibits regional heterogeneity,with effects in the eastern regions being greater than those in the northeast,central,and western regions.The U-shaped turning point values,from largest to smallest,are in the eastern,western,and northeast regions,whereas the central region remains insignifi-cant.Based on these findings,it is suggested that future efforts should focus on further unleashing the promoting effects of the digital economy in central and western regions,advancing digital rural construc-tion in eastern regions,and enhancing digital literacy and skills among farmers,thereby narrowing the ur-ban-rural income gap and improving urban-rural income inequality.
digital economyurban-rural income inequalitydigital empowermentdigital negative effect
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