Measuring the Impact of Precision Poverty Alleviation Policies on Reducing Rural Income Disparities:An Empirical Study Based on the RIF Method and CHFS Data
Through the implementation of targeted poverty alleviation policies,China has effectively eliminated ab-solute poverty and successfully achieved a moderately prosperous society in all respects.Both the government and aca-demic circles have made comprehensive evaluations concerning this topic.However,there are differing views on the im-pact of targeted poverty alleviation policies on rural income disparities in China.Some argue that these policies widen ru-ral income gaps,while others claim they narrow them.As such,there is insufficient convincing research vis-à-vis this sig-nificant issue.Based on data from several years of the China Household Finance Survey(CHFS),this paper employs the"Recentered Influence Function"(RIF)method and the Differences-in-Differences approach to explore in-depth the im-pact,transmission mechanisms,and heterogeneity of precision poverty alleviation policies on rural income disparities.Research has found that precision poverty alleviation policies have significantly reduced the income gap in rural areas,as confirmed by relevant robustness tests.The"gap reduction"effect generated by these policies is achieved by stimulating several transmission mechanisms,such as increasing the employment levels,income transfers and human capital of im-poverished rural households,therefore achieving the narrowing of the income gap in rural areas.The heterogeneity analy-sis shows that precision poverty alleviation policies have a more significant effect on households with higher education,party membership,and a risk-averse family head.This policy has a significant impact on the central,eastern,and western regions,but the narrowing effect of income gap in the central region is most prominent.
Precision Poverty AlleviationRural Income GapGini CoefficientRecentered Influence FunctionDifferences-in-Differences Approach
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