数字经济如何助力农民增收——理论分析与经验证据

How does Digital Economy Boost Farmers’ Income——Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Evidence

在理论分析的基础上,基于省级面板数据,采用多种实证方法考察了数字经济对农民增收的影响。结果表明,数字经济有助于农民增收。对传导机制的分析发现,促进农民非农就业、加速农地流转、降低城乡分割是数字经济助力农民增收的重要渠道。对于拥有不同人力资本和物质资本的农民,数字经济对其增收的影响并不存在显著差异,这说明数字经济具有较好的普惠性。进一步的空间计量分析显示,数字经济既有助于本地区农民增收,又会对邻近地区农民的增收产生积极影响,即数字经济具有较强的空间外溢性。

Based on a theoretical analysis, this paper used provincial panel data to examine the impact of digital economy on farmers’ income increase by applying a variety of empirical methods. The research confirmed that digital economy was conductive to the increase of farmers’ income. Transmission mechanism analysis found that, digital economy played a positive role through the channels of promoting non-agricultural employment, expediting farmland transfer and reducing the urban-rural division. In addition,digital economy had better universality, because there was not evident heterogeneity for the farmers having different human capital and physical capital. Further spatial econometric analysis showed that, digital economy had a positive effect on the income increase of both local farmers and the farmers in nabouring regions, which meant a stronger characteristics of spatial spillover.