家庭教育支出对农村收入差距的影响---基于CFPS的实证分析

On the Impact of Household Education Expenditureon Rural Income Inequality---An Empirical Analysis Based on CFPS

缩小农村收入差距是实现共同富裕目标的重要课题。使用2014、2016和2018年的中国家庭追踪调查(CFPS)构建了三期面板数据,实证分析了家庭教育支出对农村收入差距的影响。研究结果表明,家庭教育支出显著降低了农村收入差距。异质性分析表明,家庭教育支出能够通过更快地提升相对贫困农户收入来缩小农村收入差距。机制分析结果表明,家庭教育支出可以更为显著地激发相对贫困农户的创收动力。因此,要大力扶持农户教育支出并重点关注低收入农户,深入挖掘家庭教育支出在缩小农村收入差距方面的巨大潜力,助力共同富裕目标的实现。

Narrowing the rural income gap is an important issue in achieving the goal of common prosperity.This paper uses the China Household Tracking Survey(CFPS)in 2014,2016 and 2018 to construct a three-phase panel data to empirically analyze the impact of household education expenditure on rural income inequality.The results show that household education expenditure significantly reduced rural income gap.Heterogeneity analysis shows that household education expenditure could narrow the rural income gap by raising the incomes of relatively poor farmers in a faster way.The results of the mechanism analysis show that household expenditure on education stimulated the income-generating motivation of relatively poor farmers in a more significant way.Therefore,it is necessary to vigorously support the education expenditure of rural households with the focus on low-income farmers,and deeply tap the huge potential of family spending on education in narrowing the rural income gap,in order to help achieve the goal of common prosperity.