Impact of “26 counties” policy based on concept of green development on urban-rural income gap in Zhejiang Province, China

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2023.01.25

Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 238-248.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2023.01.25

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Impact of “26 counties” policy based on concept of green development on urban-rural income gap in Zhejiang Province, China

LI Baozhi(), ZHUO Ni, HUANG Hexiao, ZHU Qibiao()

Institute of Rural Development, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China

Received:2022-04-06 Online:2023-01-25 Published:2023-02-21

Abstract

Abstract:

In order to explore the new driving forces and new paths to narrow the urban-rural income gap, the case of “26 counties” policy based on the ideas of green development in Zhejiang Province, China, was focused and analyzed in the present assay. The realistic background of the “26 counties” policy was introduced, the main contents of the “26 counties” policy were summarized, and the mechanism of the “26 counties” policy affecting the urban-rural income gap was expounded. By using the panel data of 83 county-level administrative regions in Zhejiang Province from 2013 to 2019, the impact of the “26 counties” policy on the urban-rural income gap was examined through the difference-in-difference model. The results showed that the “26 counties” policy significantly reduced the urban-rural income gap. To be more specific, the “26 county” policy could significantly narrow the urban-rural gap of net operation income and net transferred income, but the effect on narrowing the urban-rural gap of wage income and net property income was not significant. These findings not only provided practical basis for the green development towards common prosperity, but also provided useful references for policy-formulation to stimulate the advantages of rural ecological elements.

Key words: urban-rural income gap, “26 counties” policy, ideas of green development

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LI Baozhi, ZHUO Ni, HUANG Hexiao, ZHU Qibiao. Impact of “26 counties” policy based on concept of green development on urban-rural income gap in Zhejiang Province, China[J]. Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis, 2023, 35(1): 238-248.

Figures/Tables 6

Fig.1 Logical framework of “26 counties” policy to narrow income gap between urban and rural areas

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of variables

变量 Variable	平均值 Mean	标准差 Standard deviation	最小值 Minimum	最大值 Maximum
g	2.063	0.201	1.478	2.469
g₁	1.946	0.494	1.128	4.673
g₂	1.253	0.512	0.871	2.985
g₃	9.333	7.767	1.034	28.082
g₄	2.811	1.392	0.763	8.384
A	0.313	0.464	0.000	1.000
P	0.714	0.452	0.000	1.000
d	0.224	0.417	0.000	1.000
X₁	8.124	3.649	1.490	21.124
$X 12$	79.287	75.356	2.220	446.219
X₂	64.929	6.498	47.700	78.500
X₃	1.605	1.467	0.362	15.702
X₄	1.503	2.362	0	16.091
X₅	0.167	0.109	0.027	0.689
X₆	0.062	0.043	0.009	0.268

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of variables

变量 Variable	平均值 Mean	标准差 Standard deviation	最小值 Minimum	最大值 Maximum
g	2.063	0.201	1.478	2.469
g₁	1.946	0.494	1.128	4.673
g₂	1.253	0.512	0.871	2.985
g₃	9.333	7.767	1.034	28.082
g₄	2.811	1.392	0.763	8.384
A	0.313	0.464	0.000	1.000
P	0.714	0.452	0.000	1.000
d	0.224	0.417	0.000	1.000
X₁	8.124	3.649	1.490	21.124
$X 12$	79.287	75.356	2.220	446.219
X₂	64.929	6.498	47.700	78.500
X₃	1.605	1.467	0.362	15.702
X₄	1.503	2.362	0	16.091
X₅	0.167	0.109	0.027	0.689
X₆	0.062	0.043	0.009	0.268

Table 2 Estimation results of impact of “26 counties” policy on urban-rural income gap

变量 Variable	模型1 Model 1	模型2 Model 2	模型3 Model 3	模型4 Model 4
d	-0.018^*** (0.005)	-0.017^*** (0.005)	-0.015^*** (0.006)	-0.013^** (0.005)
X₁	—	0.075 (0.087)	0.328 (0.247)	0.527^** (0.213)
$X 12$	—	—	-0.376 (0.279)	-0.378^* (0.204)
X₂	—	—	—	0.003^** (0.001)
X₃	—	—	—	-0.012^* (0.006)
X₄	—	—	—	0.003^*** (0.001)
X₅	—	—	—	-0.014^* (0.008)
X₆	—	—	—	0.702^** (0.272)
常数项 Constant	1.949^*** (0.002)	1.943^*** (0.007)	1.928^*** (0.016)	1.695^*** (0.101)
R²	0.757	0.758	0.760	0.792

Table 2 Estimation results of impact of “26 counties” policy on urban-rural income gap

变量 Variable	模型1 Model 1	模型2 Model 2	模型3 Model 3	模型4 Model 4
d	-0.018^*** (0.005)	-0.017^*** (0.005)	-0.015^*** (0.006)	-0.013^** (0.005)
X₁	—	0.075 (0.087)	0.328 (0.247)	0.527^** (0.213)
$X 12$	—	—	-0.376 (0.279)	-0.378^* (0.204)
X₂	—	—	—	0.003^** (0.001)
X₃	—	—	—	-0.012^* (0.006)
X₄	—	—	—	0.003^*** (0.001)
X₅	—	—	—	-0.014^* (0.008)
X₆	—	—	—	0.702^** (0.272)
常数项 Constant	1.949^*** (0.002)	1.943^*** (0.007)	1.928^*** (0.016)	1.695^*** (0.101)
R²	0.757	0.758	0.760	0.792

Fig.2 Results of parallel trend test

Fig.3 Results of placebo test

Table 3 Estimation results of impact of “26 counties” policy on various types of urban-rural income gap

变量Variable	g₁	g₂	g₃	g₄
d	-0.079 (0.052)	-0.083^** (0.038)	-0.0491 (0.082)	-0.027^* (0.016)
常数项 Constant	1.085 (0.874)	0.931^* (0.473)	0.041 (0.073)	0.395^** (0.166)
R²	0.302	0.128	0.153	0.221

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