数字经济发展如何助推共同富裕?

How does Digital Economy Boost Common Prosperity?

数字经济作为经济增长的新动能,对推动共同富裕具有重要作用。结合城市层面数据,检验数字经济发展目标是否与共同富裕实现目标高度吻合;进一步探究人力资本结构高级化和产业结构高级化的传导机制作用,以及城市规模的影响作用。研究结果表明:(1)在共同富裕实现进程中,数字经济在发展性、共享性和可持续性三方面均能够发挥正向驱动作用,而且在生产、流通和交换三个领域均能够发挥正外部性作用,扎实推进共同富裕。(2)提高当地人力资本结构高级化水平和产业结构高级化水平是数字经济助推共同富裕的有效传导渠道;城市规模存在倒U型影响作用,并表现出区域数字鸿沟的存在性。(3)无论按照东部和中西部地区划分,还是按照中心城市和外围城市划分,数字经济发展均正向影响共同富裕进程。为此,各地区应加快培育高数字素养的复合型人才,加速融合数据要素与高质量劳动者形成新质生产力,合理推进新型城镇化进程。

Chinese modernization seeks common prosperity for all people,upholds the principal position of the people,and safeguards their fundamental interests.The vigorous development of the digital economy,a new quality productive force,shows the close connection and high coupling between the digital economy and common prosperity,providing a new direction for the solid promotion of common prosperity.In cities,the center of economic activities,the digital economy improves the human capital structure and industrial structure,and accelerates the pace of achieving common prosperity.In addition,with the economies of scale and the environmental damage brought about by the expansion of the urban population,the digital economy has uncertainties in promoting common prosperity.Based on the panel data at the city level from 2013 to 2020 in China,this paper uses the input-output table to test whether the development goal of the digital economy is highly consistent in achieving common prosperity.It further explores the transmission mechanism of upgrading human capital structure and industrial structure,as well as the moderating effect of urban scale.The results show that the digital economy plays a positive driving role in development,sharing,and sustainability,as well as a positive externality role in production,circulation,and exchange,steadily promoting common prosperity.The mechanism analysis reveals that improving the advanced level of local human capital structure and industrial structure is an effective transmission channel for the digital economy to promote common prosperity.In addition,there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between urban size regulation and regional digital divides.Specifically,when the urban population size is low,the digital economy inhibits common prosperity.When the urban population size expands to a certain extent,the development of the digital economy is mainly moderated by the positive externality of urban size,which promotes common prosperity.When the urban population size further expands,the digital economy is mainly moderated by the negative externality effect of urban size,which inhibits common prosperity.Heterogeneity analysis shows that the digital economy has a positive impact on common prosperity,whether it is divided into eastern,central,and western regions,or central and peripheral cities.The findings may provide valuable insights for expanding the overall effect on realizing common prosperity and resolving the digital divide.Based on the above conclusions,this paper proposes the following suggestions.First,innovative human capital should strengthen its leading role to accelerate the cultivation of compound talents with high digital literacy.Second,data elements should be combined with high-quality workers to create a new quality productive force to empower the optimization and upgrading of traditional industrial structures.Finally,it is necessary to properly advance new-type urbanization with digital technologies.