Has Local Economic Growth Target Affect Urban-rural Income Gap? Empirical Evidence from Provincial Government Work Report

ZHANG Yun-kuang; HU Shan-cheng; YANG Tong-bin

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ZHANG Yun-kuang, HU Shan-cheng, YANG Tong-bin. Has Local Economic Growth Target Affect Urban-rural Income Gap? Empirical Evidence from Provincial Government Work Report[J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, 2022, 37(4): 86-99.

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ZHANG Yun-kuang, HU Shan-cheng, YANG Tong-bin. Has Local Economic Growth Target Affect Urban-rural Income Gap? Empirical Evidence from Provincial Government Work Report[J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, 2022, 37(4): 86-99.

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ZHANG Yun-kuang, HU Shan-cheng, YANG Tong-bin. Has Local Economic Growth Target Affect Urban-rural Income Gap? Empirical Evidence from Provincial Government Work Report[J]. Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, 2022, 37(4): 86-99.

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Has Local Economic Growth Target Affect Urban-rural Income Gap? Empirical Evidence from Provincial Government Work Report

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School of Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071
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School of Economics & Management, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094

Received Date: 2021-12-02
Available Online: 2022-07-12
Publish Date: 2022-07-28

Abstract

Abstract

The urban-biased policy caused by the "growth-oriented incentives" of local governments is considered to be the main cause of the widening urban-rural income gap. Based on the perspective of double constraints of economic growth target and financial resources, this paper made a theoretical analysis on the impact and its mechanism of economic growth target on urban-rural income gap. Using the economic growth target data collected from the provincial government work report from 2003 to 2019, this paper empirically tests the impact of local government economic growth target on urban-rural income gap based on system GMM method.The results show that when the economic growth target is set with "above" and other hard constraints, the urban-rural income gap will be widened and the widening effect is more obvious in the China's western regions; when the economic growth target is set by soft constraints such as "about", the impact on the urban-rural income gap is not significant, but the economic growth exceeding the target realized in the form of soft constraints will narrow the urban-rural income gap.Mechanism analysis shows that financial resource constraints will affect the economic behavior of the government, and aggravate the impact of target constraints on urban-rural income gap, while fiscal decentralization can effectively alleviate the impact of hard constraints on urban-rural income gap.Therefore, the government should thoroughly implement the new development philosophy, improve the performance evaluation of local governments, straighten financial and administrative relationships between the central government and local governments, and fully mobilize the principal role of local governments in achieving balanced development between urban and rural areas.
- economic growth target,
- urban-rural income gap,
- local government,
- hard constraint,
- soft constraint,
- financial resource,
- urban-bias,
- fiscal decentralization

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