Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (4): 761-776.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.04.21

• Agricultural Economy and Development • Previous Articles    

Impact of rural industrial convergence on farmers’ income growth: an empirical study based on spatial effect and threshold effect

WANG Liyinga(), DING Shuyub, LIU Houpingb,*()   

  1. a. College of Management Science
    b. Business School, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
  • Received:2020-09-10 Online:2021-04-25 Published:2021-04-25
  • Contact: LIU Houping

Abstract:

The impact of rural industrial convergence on farmers’ income growth is a focus both in theory and practice. Based on the data of 30 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) in China (Hongkong, Macao, Taiwan, Tibet not excluded), the spatial and threshold effects of the impact of rural industrial convergence on farmers’ income were empirically analyzed by using spatial measurement models and threshold models in this study. It is shown that the level of rural industrial convergence in China has the characteristics of “east high and west low”, and it has positive correlation with space. From the regional perspective with single province (autonomous region, municipality) as study unit, the level of rural industrial convergence has a positive effect on farmers’ income in the region, yet it has no spatial spillover effect within regions. The level of rural industrial convergence has a positive effect on the proportion of net business income in disposable income in the region, yet it has a negative spatial spillover effect within regions. The level of rural industrial convergence has a negative effect on the proportion of wage income in disposable income both in the region and within regions. Under different operation scales, the level of rural industrial convergence has a threshold effect on farmers’ income. Therefore, to promote the convergence of rural industry and to increase farmers’ income, it is necessary to raise the level of rural industrial convergence, strengthen the links within regional convergence activities, exert the demonstration effect of successes, promote moderate scale operation, and realize the optimal allocation of factor resources.

Key words: rural industrial convergence, farmers’ income, spatial effect, threshold effect

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