Can Equity and Efficiency Be Obtained Together?——China'surbanization model and urban-rural development gap
Urbanization not only helps to narrow the income gap between urban and rural areas,but also contributes to raising the lev-el of economic development and enhancing efficiency.China's urbanization model can generally be categorized into two types:the"metropolitanization"characterized by the concentration of population in large cities and the surrounding areas,and the"townization"with the population dispersed across smaller towns.The empirical results indicate that both metropolitanization and townization are con-ducive to narrowing the urban-rural income gap nationwide.However,when examined by region,the metropolitanization in areas along the Yangtze River or coastal areas can not only significantly narrow the urban-rural income gap,but also do so more efficiently,while in inland areas,although townization can narrow the gap,the efficiency is relatively low.
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