Digital dividend or digital divide? Digital economy and urban-rural income inequality in China

Zhuangzhuang Peng and Ting Dan

Telecommunications Policy, 2023, vol. 47, issue 9

Abstract: This study investigates the impact of the digital economy on income inequality between urban and rural areas. Panel data covering 194 cities in China from 2011 to 2018 are employed to construct a digital economy development index using the entropy value method. Nonlinear and threshold models are executed to ascertain how digital economy development influences the urban-rural income gap in China. The results reveal a U-shaped relationship between the digital economy and the urban-rural income gap. Furthermore, the threshold effect analysis demonstrates a digital divide in diverse regions due to different urbanization stages. This study furnishes empirical evidence for attaining balanced urban-rural development in the digital economy in developing countries.

Keywords: Digital economy; Urban-rural income gap; Urbanization; Threshold model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2023.102616

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