scholarly journals Financial Development, Urbanization, and Urban-Rural Income Disparity: Evidence Based on Chinese Provincial Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 31-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiqiang Ye ◽  
Lixia Qian ◽  
Zhang Na
Keyword(s):  
Financial Development ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Income Disparity ◽  
Rural Income ◽  
Urban Rural

scholarly journals Fiscal Behavior Volatility, Economic Growth, and Urban-Rural Income Disparity

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-225
Author(s):  
Yufeng Wang ◽  
Shulin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Economic Transition ◽  
Income Disparity ◽  
Dynamic Panel Model ◽  
Rural Income ◽  
Panel Model ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Fiscal Behavior

AbstractFiscal behavior of local governments has great volatility in China, especially in the period of economic transition. This paper estimates fiscal behavior volatility by making regression analysis of panel data of 30 provinces from 1994 to 2011. Then we establish a dynamic panel model to study the direct and indirect impact of the fiscal behavior volatility on the urban-rural income disparity. Empirical results show that urban-rural income disparity has nonlinear relationship with economic growth and financial development and that fiscal behavior volatility expands the urban-rural income disparity directly and indirectly. The larger fiscal behavior volatility comes greater urban-rural income disparity. We also find that the urban-rural income disparity is further enlarged through dual economic structure. If one of the economic growth and financial development is fixed, the other one has an inverted U-shaped relationship with urban-rural income disparity.

scholarly journals Financial Deepening, Spatial Spillover, and Urban–Rural Income Disparity: Evidence from China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maosheng Ran ◽  
Liang Chen ◽  
Wanli Li
Keyword(s):  
Financial Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Proximity Effect ◽  
Local Effect ◽  
Income Disparity ◽  
Financial Deepening ◽  
Rural Income ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Financial development is one of the main sources of economic growth, whether financial deepening can lower the income inequality between urban and rural areas has been the focus of policy makers and researchers. Using data from 31 provinces in China, from 2002 to 2013, this paper examines the impact of financial deepening on income inequality between urban and rural areas. These empirical results show that financial deepening is significantly negatively associated with urban–rural income disparity, that is, for every 1% increase in financial deepening urban–rural income disparity can be reduced by about 0.5%. Further research has investigated that the influence of financial deepening on income disparity has a selective effect. From the decomposition effect of financial deepening, we also find that the proximity effect of the Eastern and Central regions is higher than that of the local effect, while the local effect of the Western region is higher than that of the Eastern and Central regions, but the proximity effect is not significant. The conclusion of this paper is of great significance to further deepen financial reform, improve the quality of financial development, and achieve sustainable development of economy.

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.

State Capacity, Local Fiscal Autonomy, and Urban—Rural Income Disparity in China

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ran Tao ◽  
Kaizhong Yang ◽  
Mingxing Liu
Keyword(s):  
State Capacity ◽  
Income Disparity ◽  
Fiscal Autonomy ◽  
Rural Income ◽  
Urban Rural
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