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

Bingyang Han, Zhili Ma, Yong Liu, Mengmeng Wang and Yingchao Lin
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Bingyang Han: School of Management Science and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
Zhili Ma: School of Management Science and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
Yong Liu: School of Management Science and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
Mengmeng Wang: School of Management Science and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China
Yingchao Lin: School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-22

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: population peri-urbanization rate; urban–rural income gap; household registration system; spatial econometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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