Dynamic Identification,Measurement and Decomposition of Relative Poverty in Urban and Rural China
Attaching importance to urban-rural disparity and promoting urban-rural integration are the key focuses of relative poverty governance under the goal of common prosperity,while accurately measuring the status of relative poverty in urban and rural areas is the foundation of such governance.Based on the data from the China Family Panel Studies(CFPS)from 2012 to 2020,this paper dynamically identifies and measures relative poverty in both urban and rural areas in China from the dual perspective of strong and weak relative poverty lines.Additionally,it employs the Shapley decomposition method to quantitatively analyze the impact effects of growth,distribution,and poverty line factors on changes in urban and rural relative poverty.The study finds that the incidence rate of relative poverty in rural areas generally shows a decreasing trend,but the rate of decline slows down after 2016.In contrast,the incidence rate of relative poverty in urban areas first decreases and then increases and under the strong relative poverty standard with urban-rural difference,the incidence rate of relative poverty in urban areas is higher than that in rural areas in 2020.Growth plays a positive role in reducing the incidence rate of relative poverty in both urban and rural areas,but its effect is weakening.Change in the poverty line has a negative impact on reducing relative poverty.There are significant urban-rural differences in the role of distribution factor in poverty reduction.Specifically,it mostly exerts a positive and increasingly prominent influence on rural poverty reduction,whereas its impact on urban poverty reduction has shifted from positive to negative.
Common ProsperityRelative PovertyWeak Relative PovertyDecomposition of Relative PovertyShapley Decomposition