IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/soinre/v174y2024i1d10.1007_s11205-024-03375-y.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Economic Communication: The Influence of High-Speed Rail on Urban-Rural Income Inequality in China

Author

Listed:
  • Yu Jia

    (Wuhan University
    Wuhan University)

  • Yunqian Wang

    (Research Institute, Shenzhen Stock Exchange)

  • Piao Li

    (Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics)

  • Shuang Gao

    (Wuhan University)

Abstract

Existing studies have explored the influence of high-speed rail (HSR) on efficiency-related outcomes. However, little attention has been paid to the issues of urban-rural income inequality in relation with HSR. Based on social exclusion theory, we suggest that HSR could enlarge urban-rural income inequality. Drawing on the methods of DID, PSM-DID, and the fixed effect model, we analyzed a panel data from 328 cities in China from 2006 to 2021, and found strong support for research hypothesis. The results show that the although HSR would be significant positive associated with urban-rural income inequality, governments can mitigate this adverse effect through effective governance. On the one hand, with the improvement of regional public transport accessibility, the positive impact of HSR on the urban-rural income inequality will be weakened; on the other hand, as the level of regional social security fiscal expenditure increases, the positive impact of HSR on the urban-rural income inequality would also be weakened.

Suggested Citation

  • Yu Jia & Yunqian Wang & Piao Li & Shuang Gao, 2024. "Economic Communication: The Influence of High-Speed Rail on Urban-Rural Income Inequality in China," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 174(1), pages 47-73, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:174:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1007_s11205-024-03375-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-024-03375-y
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11205-024-03375-y
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s11205-024-03375-y?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:174:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1007_s11205-024-03375-y. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.