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https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2023.2169736
Can digital finance drive urban–rural integration?
Yunping Hao
Bing Zhang
Hongfei Yin
Sažetak
Financial services are an essential source of capital and play a crucial
and significant role in urban–rural integration. We analyse empirically
the effect of digital finance on urban–rural integration and its
mechanism using provincial panel data in China for 2011–2020. The
results indicate that digital finance contributes to urban–rural integration.
Moreover, for every 1 standard deviation increase in digital
finance development, the degree of urban–rural integration
increases by 7.7% on average, and it is more evident in China’s eastern
regions, with regional heterogeneity. The level of entrepreneurship
can be a vital channel for digital finance to facilitate urban–
rural integration. The mechanism of action of digital finance to facilitate
urban–rural integration by improving entrepreneurship levels is
primarily revealed in the group with lower levels of human capital,
which exhibits certain inclusive characteristics. This study is conducive
to developing a policy for promoting the free flow of resources
between urban and rural areas and advancing urban–rural
integration.
Ključne riječi
Digital finance; urban–rural integration; system GMM; rural economy
Hrčak ID:
306822
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.4.2023.
Posjeta: 166 *