Can Anthropologists Contribute to Road Construction? Insights from Southwest China

He, Jun; He, Min

doi:10.1002/jid.3431

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“…First, the impact of infrastructure on the economy is fully reflected in the classical economic growth theory and is considered an indispensable element for economic growth (Donaldson and Hornbeck, 2016; Lucas, 1988). Secondly, the results on the impact of infrastructure on social development are also relatively rich, such as the effect of infrastructure on the health and happiness of residents (Harris et al, 2020), ethnic cultural integration (He and He, 2019), environmental protection (Boruszko et al, 2018) and inclusive growth (Mutiiria et al, 2020). Equity has always been the focus of research in the field of social development, and some scholars have found that the expansion of infrastructure (such as transportation infrastructure and public service infrastructure) is conducive to promoting social equity (Li et al, 2020).…”

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How Does Internet Infrastructure Construction Affect the Urban–Rural Income Gap? Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China

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Jianxiang

2023

Progress in Development Studies

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Internet infrastructure, like other infrastructures, is gradually becoming an important force affecting economic and social development, laying the foundation for the development of the digital economy. Based on a quasi-natural experiment, combined with the data of 201 Chinese prefectures from 2010 to 2018, this study constructs a difference-in-differences approach to examine the impact of internet infrastructure construction (IIC) on the urban–rural income gap. The main results show that IIC has a significant widening effect on the urban–rural income gap. Our study also finds that the effect has significant location and city attribute heterogeneity. Specifically, the IIC widens the urban–rural income gap more strongly in central-western, inland, provincial capital and small-scale cities. Furthermore, the promotion of IIC to the income of urban residents far exceeds that of rural residents, which is a typical manifestation of the third-level digital divide. However, increasing the education level of residents is beneficial to alleviating the widening effect of IIC on the urban–rural income gap. Overall, national policymakers should pay attention to the possible inequalities in promoting the development of national broadband internet. Policies for improving the digital application abilities of residents, especially vulnerable groups, are highly recommended to share the digital dividend.

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