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FinTech adoption and rural economic development: Evidence from China

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  • Cai, Yulong
  • Huang, Zhuo
  • Zhang, Xun

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In the context of China's rural economic landscape, the emergence of Financial Technology (FinTech) has induced transformative economic impact. This study utilizes a composite county-level FinTech index and data from China's National Fixed Point Survey (NFS) to analyze the impact of FinTech adoption on rural economic development. The empirical findings outline a positive correlation between FinTech adoption and enhancement in rural household earnings, especially on wage and property incomes, thus narrowing urban-rural income gap. For wage income, we find that FinTech has provided new non-agricultural employment opportunities to rural households, especially in service sectors closely related to FinTech. For property income, the development of FinTech has provided effective financial services and supported the operations of rural enterprises, thereby increasing dividend payments to rural households who contribute their unused arable land to these enterprises due to labor transformation from agriculture to non-agricultural sectors. This research extends the existing studies of FinTech literature by illustrating its role in fostering rural economic growth within the Asia-Pacific emerging markets.

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  • Cai, Yulong & Huang, Zhuo & Zhang, Xun, 2024. "FinTech adoption and rural economic development: Evidence from China," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:pacfin:v:83:y:2024:i:c:s0927538x24000155
    DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102264
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    Keywords

    FinTech adoption; Rural economic development; Household income; Employment-related income; Land-related income;
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    JEL classification:

    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • R51 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Finance in Urban and Rural Economies

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