空间集聚会扩大地区收入差距吗

Can Spatial Agglomeration Expand Regional Income Gap?

在新经济地理学的框架下,通过构建理论模型分析了经济活动的空间集聚与地区收入差距的作用机制,结果表明经济活动的空间集聚会导致地区居民之间收入差距的扩大,并且空间集聚对地区收入差距的影响作用会随地区运输成本的下降而削弱。采用中国省际面板数据所展开的经验分析也与理论分析的结论基本一致。这为我国政府在如何实现区域协调发展以及缩小地区收入差距等方面提供了重要的政策启示。

In the framework of the new economic geography, this paper constructs an economic model to analyze the functional mechanism between spatial agglomeration and regional income gap. The results indicate that the spatial agglomeration of economical activities can lead to the widening of regional income gap, and such influence will be weakened as the regional transportation cost reduces. The empirical analysis of China＇s provincial panel data is basically consistent with the conclusion of the theoretical analysis. These results can provide policy implications for Chinese government to achieve balanced regional cooperation and development and narrow the regional income gap.