数字经济赋能城乡融合发展——演化与驱动

Digital Economy Enabling Integrated Urban and Rural Development:Evolution and Drivers

通过构建数字经济时代城乡融合发展评价指标体系,测度2008—2022年30个省(自治区、直辖市)的城乡融合发展指数,运用泰尔指数刻画数字经济迅速发展期间中国城乡融合发展的时空演化特征,利用空间计量模型对驱动机制进行检验。研究发现,中国城乡融合发展水平整体保持提升态势,全国省际城乡融合发展水平的相对差异总体收敛,但各区域内部存在不同程度的分化现象,区域内部差异构成全国总体差异的最重要来源;数字经济对城乡融合发展呈现显著促进作用,且随着城乡数字鸿沟的缩小,其对城乡融合发展的边际效应逐渐增强。鉴于此,建议持续消弭城乡数字鸿沟、推动城乡数字经济高质量发展、实施差异化的数字经济发展策略。

Based on the construction of the evaluation index system of integrated urban and rural development in the digital economy era,the integrated urban and rural development index of 30 provinces(autonomous regions,cities)from 2008 to 2022 was measured,the Theil index was used to describe the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics of China's integrated urban and rural development during the rapid development of the digital economy,and the spatial econometric model was used to test the driving mechanism.The research finds that the overall level of urban-rural integration development in China has been improving,and the differences in the level of urban-rural integration development between provinces nationwide have generally converged.But different degrees of differentiation are found within each region.Intra-regional differences are the most important source of overall national differences.The digital economy shows a significant contribution to urban-rural integration development,and its marginal effect on urban-rural integration development gradually increases as the digital divide between urban and rural areas is narrowed.In view of the above,it is recommended to continuously eliminate the urban-rural digital divide,promote the high-quality development of urban-rural digital economy,and implement a differen-tiated digital economy development strategy.