人力资本投资与城乡收入差距的倒U型关系——以江苏省为例

The Inverted U-shaped Curve Between Human Capital Investment and Urban-Rural Income Gap in Jiangsu

本文利用江苏省1998-2013年的统计数据考察人力资本投资对江苏省城乡收入差距的影响,认为在江苏省不同的经济发展阶段,人力资本投资对城乡收入差距具有不同的影响,在经济起步阶段,人力资本投资对城乡收入差距具有扩大作用,当经济发展到了后期则会缓解城乡收入差距,从而呈现出倒U型的趋势。而经过实证分析,目前江苏省正处于倒U型曲线的右端。

This paper uses the statistical data from 1998 to 2013 of human capital investment to the influence of income gap between urban and rural areas in jiangsu province, and considers in different stages of development, human capital investment has different effects on the income gap between urban and rural areas. In the beginning stage, the human capital investment expands the income gap;when economic develops to a new level,it can alleviate the income gap. Namely the human capital investment＇s influence to the income gap between urban and rural areas has the trend of invert-U relationship.Through the empirical analysis, Jiangsu province is in the right of the inverted u-shaped curve at present.