Research on the Differentiated Pathways of the Digital Economy Promoting Common Prosperity——Based on Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis(fsQCA)
The digital economy plays a crucial role in the high-quality development of China's econo-my.Exploring the differentiated pathways through which the digital economy promotes common prosperi-ty from a configuration perspective holds significant practical importance.This paper uses the"Internet-Digital Transactions-Informatization"analytical framework,taking 31 provinces in China as case sam-ples.Utilizing fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis(fsQCA),it examines the differentiated con-figuration pathways through which the digital economy drives common prosperity,aiming to reveal the models and pathways for achieving high levels of common prosperity.The study finds that no single factor alone can constitute a necessary condition for developing high levels of common prosperity.Four configu-ration pathways driving high levels of common prosperity were identified,which can be categorized into two modes:single-core dominant and plural-core driven.Additionally,three configurations were found that result in non-high levels of common prosperity,and these configurations exhibit an asym-metric relationship with those leading to high levels of common prosperity.
digital economycommon prosperityfuzzy set qualitative comparative analysisdifferen-tiated pathways