Research on the Impact of Digital Finance on China's Urban-Rural Income Gap

Zhe Zhang
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Zhe Zhang: School of Economics, Xi'an University of Finance and Economics, Xi'an, China

Review of Economic Assessment, 2022, vol. 1, issue 1, 63-75

Abstract: The integration of digital technology and traditional finance has further achieved the goal of low-cost and sustainable financial services and contributed to high-quality economic development. Based on the data from 31 provinces in China from 2011 to 2021, this paper empirically analyzes the impact of digital finance on the urban-rural income gap. The results show that digital finance can significantly narrow the income gap between urban and rural residents. The quantile test shows that the greater the urban-rural income gap, the stronger the role of digital finance in narrowing the urban-rural income gap. The threshold effect test shows that the narrowing effect of digital finance on the urban-rural income gap will first increase and then weaken with the continuous improvement of the development level. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the secondary indicators of digital finance can significantly narrow the urban-rural income gap, and the effect of depth of usage is the most obvious. Moreover, digital finance has a significantly stronger effect on narrowing the urban-rural income gap in the eastern region than in other regions. Therefore, we should vigorously promote the development of digital finance and give full play to its effectiveness in narrowing the urban-rural income gap.

Keywords: Digital finance; Urban-Rural income gap; Threshold effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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