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作者

Li He;Xiaoling Zhang

来源

HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.123,P.102544

语言

英文

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作者单位

Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong;The State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (SKLMP) and Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, China;Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong;The State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (SKLMP) and Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;Shenzhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, 518057, China;School of Management, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, China;Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK;Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong;School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China;School of Geography, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK;Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana;Environmental Change and Governance Group (ECGG), School of Planning, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, Canada;Department of Geography, Planning, Environment, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;University of Insubria, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Varese, Italy;Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Department of Environmental Engineering, La Paz, Bolivia;COOPI – Cooperazione Internazionale, Bolivian Office, La Paz, Bolivia;Center for Real Estate Studying, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China;Department of Civil Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China;Ningbo Urban Construction Investment Holding Company Limited, China;The Hongkong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China;School of Spatial Planning and Design, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, China;School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, China;Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, China

摘要

The inverted-U relationship between urbanization and urban-rural inequality has been relatively widely observed and investigated. However, most are confined to the context-specific empirical evidence and a certain measure of inequality. Furthermore, the discussions concerning the mechanism involved deserve focus and extension, particularly with the goal of new-type urbanization in China. This study aims to provide an analytical framework of the distribution effect of urbanization. It includes mathematical deductions based on the Gini coefficient and Theil's index, and empirical evidence relating to both the nexus and mechanisms across Chinese provinces based on panel models and mediating effect models. The key findings are threefold. Firstly, the inverted U urbanization-inequality nexus has been substantiated both theoretically and empirically, and most Chinese provinces have experienced the ‘decoupling’ between urbanization and urban-rural income inequality. Secondly, such relationships are regionally heterogeneous in China, which is less significant in the northeast region but quite significant in the eastern and western regions. Finally, urbanization can play a key role in narrowing the income gap between the urban and rural areas through increasing fiscal expenditure on urban-rural affairs and reducing that on science, education, culture, and health. Nevertheless, the mediating effect of local fiscal expenditure on agricultural issues is relatively insignificant. These conclusions not only provide both theoretical and empirical support for the urbanization-inequality Kuznets curve, but also specify and expand insights into the mediating role of the local fiscal expenditure structure in the pursuit of China's new-type urbanization.