数字技术应用与农村家庭多维不平等缓解——基于长期性的研究视角

Digital Technology Application and Multidimensional Inequality Alleviation of Rural Households——From the Research Perspective of Chronicity

基于2014-2020年四期中国家庭追踪调查(CFPS)数据,构建长期多维不平等指数,探究数字技术应用对农村家庭长期多维不平等的影响及作用机制。研究发现:数字技术应用能显著缓解农村家庭的长期多维不平等,且其缓解效应不随不平等持续时间的增长而明显减弱;社会资本和个体渴望存在显著的中介效应,数字技术应用能够通过促进社会资本积累、激发奋发进取意愿来缓解长期多维不平等;数字技术应用的缓解效应具有普惠性,对人力资本水平较低和处于欠发达地区的农户作用更强,且线上学习等五项数字功能的应用均能显著缓解长期多维不平等。

Based on four waves of China Family Panel Studies(CFPS)data spanning from 2014 to 2020,the paper constructed the chronic multidimensional inequality index,and explored the impact,as well as the action mechanism,of digital technology application on the chronic multidimensional inequality of rural households.The study found that:digital technology application could significantly alleviate the chronic multidimensional inequality of rural households with its ameliorative effect not significantly diminishing over time as inequality persisted.Social capital and individual aspirations played significant intermediary roles in this relationship.Digital technology application could alleviate chronic multidimensional inequality by fostering the accumulation of social capital and stimulating aspirations for self-improvement.The alleviating effect of digital technology application was inclusive,proving particularly potent for households with lower levels of human capital accumulation and those located in less developed regions.Furthermore,the application of five specific digital functions,including online learning,was shown to significantly alleviate chronic multidimensional inequality.