scholarly journals The Role of China's Household Registration System in the Urban-Rural Income Differential

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest Boffy-Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
Household Registration ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Income Differential ◽  
Rural Income ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Household Registration System

scholarly journals Effect of Urban-Rural Income Gap on the Population Peri-Urbanization Rate in China

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1255
Author(s):  
Bingyang Han ◽  
Zhili Ma ◽  
Yong Liu ◽  
Mengmeng Wang ◽  
Yingchao Lin
Keyword(s):  
Eastern China ◽  
National Level ◽  
Western China ◽  
Household Registration ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Income Gap ◽  
Rural Income ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Urbanization Rate ◽  
The Impact

Attracted by the urban–rural income gap (URIG), a massive agricultural transfer population has flooded into cities and became a peri-urbanized population due to the restrictions of the household registration system. This trend eventually leads to the rising population peri-urbanization rate (PPUR), which is equal to the proportion of urban resident population with rural household registration in the total residents, and seriously affects the development of new-type people-oriented urbanization. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of URIG on PPUR at the national and regional levels using the spatial exploration analysis and spatial Durbin model from the perspective of comparative economic interests. Empirical results revealed that PPUR had high spatial agglomeration, as indicated by high values in Eastern China and low values in Central and Western China. Moreover, the PPUR of most provinces in China was rising, dominated by intermediate values. At the national level, URIG promoted the increase of PPUR in the province, but inhibited the increase of PPUR in nearby provinces. Except for household registration, other control variables, such as industrial structure, fixed asset formation rate, infrastructure, medical resources and land-centered urbanization, also contributed to the PPUR in the province. At the regional level, the URIG of Central and Western China contributed to the increase of PPUR, whereas in Eastern China it inhibited the increase of PPUR. The strong correlation of URIG and PPUR calls for relevant policies for narrowing URIG and reducing PPUR.

Urban–rural income disparity and inbound tourism: Spatial evidence from China

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1231-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenming Shi ◽  
Meifeng Luo ◽  
Mengjie Jin ◽  
Seu Keow Cheng ◽  
Kevin X. Li
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Econometrics ◽  
National Level ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Income Disparity ◽  
Rural Income ◽  
Inbound Tourism ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
The Western Region

The challenging concern regarding how the benefits of inbound tourism can be evenly distributed, especially among urban and rural individuals, has received considerable attention in China. To address this concern, a spatial econometrics approach is used to estimate the spillover effects of inbound tourism on urban–rural income disparity (URID). An empirical analysis using the spatial Durbin model was conducted for 31 Chinese provinces covering the period from 2003 to 2017. Our findings suggest that at the national level, local inbound tourism significantly reduces the local URID, while neighboring inbound tourism significantly increases the local URID. At the regional level, the role of inbound tourism in reducing the local URID is only detected in the western region. The spillover effects of inbound tourism are positive and significant in the eastern/northeastern region but negative in the western region. In general, these findings provide insights into the importance of interregional tourism policies and strategies for inbound tourism development in China.

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