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作者

Jieyong Wang;Huijie Chang;Jingran Long

来源

HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.130,P.102694

语言

英文

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作者单位

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modelling, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China;College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530003, China;College of Applied Arts and Sciences, Beijing Union University, Beijing, 100191, China;Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modelling, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China;College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530003, China;College of Applied Arts and Sciences, Beijing Union University, Beijing, 100191, China;Center of Geo-Informatics for Public Security, School of Geography and Remote Sensing, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China;Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA;Department of Geography and Planning, The University of Toledo, OH, USA;Department of Building and Real Estate. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Rd, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong;Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong;Habitat Unit, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany;School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, UK;Urban Policy Laboratory, Department of Public Policy, School of Social and Policy Studies Gerson H Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel;Department of City and Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey

摘要

Rural poverty and inequality are still big challenges for the world sustainable development. China has eliminated absolute poverty and reduced regional rural income inequality over the past two decades. To explain the spatial convergence of China’ rural income inequality, a comprehensive framework was proposed based on the convergence hypothesis. We examined the spatial convergence and influencing factors of rural income inequality using province-level panel data from 2001 to 2020. The findings showed that China's rural income inequality generally decreased from 2001 to 2010, the contribution rate of inter-regional rural income inequalities is he highest. There was a significant spatial β convergence of rural income change, indicating that rural income inequality in China has been effectively reduced and a catch-up effect has been created in low-income rural areas with a higher income growth rate. Social security and human capital factors play key roles in reducing regional rural inequality, especially in poor western regions. Meanwhile, China's targeted poverty alleviation policy amplified the positive impact on rural income convergence, and low-income regions benefited more from the policy. Then several suggestions were proposed for developing countries to reduce rural inequality and poverty.