Income Disparity Between Urban and Rural Areas and the TFP in China:Spatial Econometric Analysis on Provincial Data
利用中国29个省份1991-2008年的面板数据，用空间计量方法分析城乡收入差距与全要素生产率的关系，发现全要素生产率提高会扩大城乡收入差距，人力资本、外资、贸易和城镇化也有类似作用，而就业率则能缩小差距。
Based on China's panel data of 29 provinces during 1991-2008,this paper employs spatial econometrics to study the relationship between income disparity of urban and rural areas and the TFP.Our estimation result shows:(1)Income disparity of urban and rural areas shows a distinct spatial dependence,and most provinces locate at high-high and low-low regions.(2)The improvement of TFP increases income disparity of urban and rural areas.(3)The human capital,FDI,trade and the level of urbanization widens the income disparity of urban and rural areas in some degree.(4)The ratio of employment reduces income disparity of urban and rural areas in some degree.