数字乡村建设驱动西部地区共同富裕——内在机理及实证检验

Digital Rural Construction Driving Common Prosperity in Western Regions:The Inner Mechanism and Empirical Testing

数字乡村建设既是数字中国战略的重要方面,也是推动实现共同富裕的重要举措,研究数字乡村建设对共同富裕的影响具有重要的理论价值和现实意义。文章基于2018~2020年中国817个县域面板数据,实证考察了数字乡村建设对西部地区共同富裕的影响效应与作用机制。研究结果表明:数字乡村建设既能促进提升农村居民相对收入,也能缩小城乡收入差距,显著推进了西部地区共同富裕进程。分区域异质性分析发现,数字乡村建设促进西部地区共同富裕的积极效应在县级市中要大于非县级市。分维度异质性分析发现,乡村经济数字化以及乡村生活数字化对西部地区共同富裕的促进作用更加显著。产业结构升级是数字乡村建设驱动西部地区共同富裕的重要作用渠道,意味着数字乡村建设可以通过促进产业结构升级来提高农村居民的相对收入,收敛城乡收入差距。数字乡村建设对城乡收入差距的影响存在乡村治理数字化门槛,跨越门槛值后,数字乡村建设弥合城乡收入差距的作用更大。由此,在持续推动数字乡村建设在西部地区纵深发展的同时,应重视数字乡村建设差异,搭建区域共建协作机制,兼顾其均衡发展,建立数字乡村建设赋能共同富裕长效机制,不断提高数字乡村治理能力,以良性数字乡村建设促进西部地区共同富裕,实现城乡共享共同富裕成果。

Digital rural construction is not only an important aspect of digital China strategy,but also an important measure to promote the realization of common prosperity.Studying the impact of digital rural construction on common prosperity has important theoretical value and practical significance.The article is based on panel data from 817 coun-ties in China from 2018 to 2020,and empirically examines the impact and mechanism of digital rural construction on common prosperity in the western region.The research results indicate that the construction of digital rural areas can not only promote the improvement of relative income of rural residents,but also narrow the income gap between urban and rural areas,significantly promoting the process of common prosperity in the western region.The analysis of regional heterogeneity found that the positive effect of digital rural construction on promoting common prosperity in the western region is greater in county-level cities than in non county-level cities.Multidimensional heterogeneity analysis found that digitalization of rural life and rural economy have a more significant promoting effect on common prosperity in the western region.Industrial structure upgrading is an important channel for digital rural construction to drive common prosperity in the western region.That is,digital rural construction can improve the relative income of rural residents and narrow the urban-rural income gap by promoting industrial structure upgrading.The impact of digital rural construc-tion on the urban-rural income gap lies in the digital threshold of rural governance.After crossing the threshold,the role of digital rural construction in bridging the urban-rural income gap is greater.Therefore,while continuously pro-moting the deep development of digital rural construction in the western region,attention should be paid to the differ-ences in digital rural construction,establishing regional collaborative mechanisms,balancing its balanced development,establishing a long-term mechanism for empowering common prosperity through digital rural construction,continuously improving the governance capacity of digital rural areas,promoting common prosperity in the western region through be-nign digital rural construction,and achieving shared achievements of common prosperity between urban and rural areas.