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Research on the Impact of Sustainable Urbanization on Urban Rural Income Disparity in China

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  • Xiejun Cheng

    (School of Business, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing 211200, China)

  • Min Zhang

    (School of Business, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing 211200, China)

  • Jiayi Xu

    (School of Computer and Software Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian 223003, China)

  • Jingrong Xu

    (School of Business, Jiangsu Second Normal University, Nanjing 211200, China)

  • Decai Tang

    (School of Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China)

Abstract

There is a large gap between China’s urban and rural income. The urban rural income disparity ( URID ) is particularly prominent. This paper deeply studies the interaction between sustainable urbanization ( SU ) and the URID in China by taking the construction of a new urbanization plan with Chinese characteristics suggested in China’s 14th Five-Year Plan as the research background. Firstly, the paper puts forward the hypothesis of an inverted U-shape between SU and the URID through impact path analysis. Secondly, a nonlinear panel regression model (NPRM) and a threshold regression model (TRM) are constructed to test the hypothesis. Research findings: (1) The NPRM shows that the quadratic coefficient is significant and negative, so the assumption is true, and an inverted U-shaped relationship exists. (2) The result of the TRM shows that SU passes the single threshold test, and the hypothesis of a U-shaped relationship is tenable. (3) Economic development has narrowed the URID ; economic openness and road network construction have increased the URID ; education has no significant impact on the URID .

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  • Xiejun Cheng & Min Zhang & Jiayi Xu & Jingrong Xu & Decai Tang, 2023. "Research on the Impact of Sustainable Urbanization on Urban Rural Income Disparity in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-12, March.
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