The Comprehensive Evaluation of China's Urbanization and Spatial Difference in Provincial Level
基于城市化本质含义构建多指标评价体系,用空间计量方法揭示中国31个省份城市化的空间差异,发现东西部存在过度与滞后城市化,且省际间存在显著空间依赖和“跷跷板效应”。
Based on the essential meaning of urbanization, this study establishs a multi- dimensional index system to evaluate China's urbanization in provincial level, and use spatial econometrics method to reveal the spatial difference among 31 provincial regions. We find that:(1) Excessive urbanization and lagged urbanization distribute across eastern and western regions of China;(2)There exists a significantly spatial difference and spatial independence of China's urbanization on provincial scale;(3)The elasticity coefficient of disposable income of urban households, per capita GDP,the number of beds in health care institutions per 1000 persons and per capita investment in fixed assets to urbanization in provincial level are positive and significant at 5% level. More importantly, the coefficient of SEM is minus which implies there exists arocker effectbetween different provinces of different gradient, especially among the east and the west.