Digital Infrastructure Construction and Urban-Rural Income Gap: A Quasi-Natural Experiment Based on the “Broadband China” Strategy

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10.2991/978-94-6463-710-6_22How to use a DOI?

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digital infrastructure; “broadband China” policy; urban-rural income gap

Abstract

Based on the panel data of 283 cities in China from 2010 to 2022, this paper explores the impact of digital infrastructure construction (GT) on the urban-rural income gap (Theil) by using the multi-stage different-in-differences model (DID). The empirical results show that digital infrastructure construction will widen the urban-rural income Inequality, and the results are still valid after a series of robustness tests. Further research shows that the level of human capital plays a moderating effect on the impact of digital infrastructure on urban-rural income gap.

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AU  - Huan Wang
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/05/14
TI  - Digital Infrastructure Construction and Urban-Rural Income Gap: A Quasi-Natural Experiment Based on the “Broadband China” Strategy
BT  - Proceedings of the 2025 4th International Conference on Big Data Economy and Digital Management (BDEDM 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 186
EP  - 191
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-710-6_22
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-710-6_22
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