Promoting Common Prosperity Between Urban and Rural Areas:Distributive Endeavor or Productive Endeavor
The urban-rural income gap is an important indicator of income inequality in China.The mainstream literature believes that"making the pie bigger"through productive endeavor and"dividing the pie better"through distributive endeavor are the two key paths to narrow the income gap and achieve common prosperity.The theoretical analysis of the present study indicates that emphasizing productive endeavor and seeking the sharing of property rights and its benefits are methodically and logically important for achieving common prosperity.Accordingly,the empirical results perform that:(1)Urbanization can significantly narrow the urban-rural income gap,which indicates that the trickle-down effect of cultivating economic growth poles and expanding the economic pie is stronger than the polarization effect.(2)Grain planting,which expresses land ownership regulation,and agricultural machinery and equipment,which expresses agricultural producer service,have both positive and negative impacts on urban-rural income gap respectively.This indicates that property rights restrictions imposed by"supply guarantee"are not conducive to common prosperity,but the unfavorable situation can be reversed through deepening division of labor.(3)The improvement of ecological environment can significantly shorten the income gap between urban and rural areas,indicating that conservation and revitalization of ecological assets can promote common prosperity.Therefore,to promote common prosperity,it is supposed to follow the logic of inclusive development and strengthen the dynamic role of productive endeavor.
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