数字经济发展与农村居民福祉——基于CFPS数据的实证分析

Digital economy development and rural residents’ well-being: An empirical analysis based on CFPS data

为厘清数字经济发展影响农村居民福祉的效应及作用机制,本研究在构建数字经济发展指数和农村居民福祉指数的基础上,实证分析了数字经济发展与农村居民福祉二者的关系。结果表明:1)数字经济发展能显著提升农村居民福祉0.074个单位,该结论在经过内生性处理和一系列稳健性检验后依然成立。2)数字经济可以通过提升农业生产效率、提高就业机会和增加公共服务供给来增进农村居民福祉。3)数字经济对农村居民福祉的影响具有显著的个体异质性,表现为对低学历和高年龄组农村居民福祉的提升作用更显著。因此,应加快农村数字基础设施建设,提高中老年和低人力资本等弱势群体的数字技术运用能力,促进各类数字化服务更便捷地融入农村居民日常,为增进农村居民福祉提供有益借鉴。

In order to clarify the effect and mechanism of digital economy development on rural residents’well-being,this study empirically analyzes the relationship between digital economy development and rural residents’well-being on the basis of constructing digital economy development index and rural residents’well-being index.The results show that:1)Digital economy can significantly improve rural residents’well-being by 0.074 units,which is still valid after endogenous processing and a series of robustness tests.2)Digital economy can enhance rural residents’well-being by promoting agricultural production efficiency,increasing employment opportunities and facilitating public service provision.3)The impact of the digital economy on the well-being varies across different groups of rural residents with a greater improvement particularly for rural residents with lower educational attainment and higher ages.Therefore,it is necessary to accelerate the construction of digital infrastructure in rural areas,improve the digital technology application capabilities of vulnerable groups such as middle-aged and elderly individuals and those with lower human capital,and facilitate the integration of various digital services into the rural residents’daily life.This study provides valuable references for improving rural residents’well-being.