Power of Digital Economy to Drive Urban-Rural Integration: Intrinsic Mechanism and Spatial Effect, from Perspective of Multidimensional Integration

Li, Zhengxin; Liu, Chengjun; Chen, Xihui

doi:10.3390/ijerph192315459

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“…Second, the comprehensive development of digital economy has increased the gap between urban and rural medical services, resulting in the mismatch of urban and rural medical services resources 35 . In nearly half of China's provinces, digital economy inhibits the equalization of urban and rural public services, that is, digital economy widens the gap between urban and rural access to public services 47 . Due to the existence of the digital divide, the gap between urban and rural infrastructure, industrial structure and technological cognition has been further widened.…”

Section: Theoretical Analysis and Research Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

New evidence on the real role of digital economy in influencing public health efficiency

Zhao,

Wu,

Yan

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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In recent years, the rapid advancement of digital technology has supported the growth of the digital economy. The transformation towards digitization in the public health sector serves as a key indicator of this economic shift. Understanding how the digital economy continuously improves the efficiency of public health services and its various pathways of influence has become increasingly important. It is essential to clarify the impact mechanism of the digital economy on public health services to optimize health expenditures and advance digital economic construction. This study investigates the impact of digital economic development on the efficiency of public health services from a novel perspective, considering social media usage and urban–rural healthcare disparities while constructing a comprehensive index of digital economic development. The findings indicate that the digital economy reduces the efficiency of public health services primarily through two transmission mechanisms: the promotion of social media usage and the widening urban–rural healthcare gap. Moreover, these impacts and transmission pathways exhibit spatial heterogeneity. This study unveils the intrinsic connection and mechanisms of interaction between digital economic development and the efficiency of public health services, providing a theoretical basis and reference for government policy formulation. However, it also prompts further considerations on achieving synergy and interaction between the digital economy and public health services.

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Section: Theoretical Analysis and Research Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

New evidence on the real role of digital economy in influencing public health efficiency

Zhao,

Wu,

Yan

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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“…However, relatively little literature addresses the integration of the digital economy and urban-rural integration compared to the extensive practice. Of the limited literature, the vast majority focuses on the digital economy driving urban-rural integration [31][32][33][34][35]. Very little literature has described how urban-rural integration can help the digital economy.…”

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Coupling and Coordination between Digital Economy and Urban–Rural Integration in China

et al. 2023

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The positive interaction between digital economy development and urban–rural relationship adjustment can both expand the contribution of technological factors and enhance the balance of urban–rural development. This paper aims to explore the trends and barriers to the coupled and coordinated development of the digital economy and urban–rural integration. This paper measures the degree of coupled coordination between the digital economy and urban–rural integration based on provincial panel data from 2013 to 2020 in China. Based on this, this paper investigates the characteristics and driving forces of the coupled coordination relationship through the chronological evolution method and geographically weighted regression. The results show that (1) the coupling relationship between the digital economy and urban–rural integration has improved substantially in Chinese provinces; (2) heterogeneity still exists at the provincial level; (3) this relationship is expected to be optimized over time; and (4) information construction, rational distribution, balanced growth, equalization of public services and digital-industry development does have a positive effect on the improvement of the coupled coordination relationship, and the popularity of the internet has a negative effect. Accordingly, this paper mainly draws the following conclusions. The coupling relationship between the digital economy and urban–rural integration in the Chinese provinces shows a tendency to be more coordinated. It is necessary to promote the development of the five positive drivers and to guide and regulate the negative drivers.

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“…In other words, the development of the digital economy in an area can stimulate the region's coordinated regional development and the regional development of the province's adjacent regions. What is more, the digital economy has significant spatial spillover effects on the other elements included in the achievement of coordinated urban-rural development, such as urban-rural economic integration and rural revitalisation [47,48].…”

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Does the Digital Economy Promote Coordinated Urban–Rural Development? Evidence from China

Cheng

Zheng

2023

Sustainability

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Urban–rural coordination development is a key factor in achieving sustainable development. The research sample consisted of panel data for 30 provinces in China for the period from 2011 to 2020. Our aim was to investigate whether and how the digital economy affects coordinated urban–rural development by using a panel data model, a spatial Durbin model (SDM), and a mediating effects model. The results indicate that (1) the growth of the digital economy has increased the level of coordinated urban–rural development directly and indirectly; (2) the coordinated development of urban and rural areas and the spatial distribution of the digital economy are highly correlated, with eastern regions generally experiencing a high level of agglomeration and central and western regions having a low level of agglomeration; (3) the digital economy can promote coordinated urban–rural development by reducing the income gap between urban and rural areas; and (4) the direct and the spatial promotion effects of digital economy development on coordinated urban–rural development appear to be stronger in the eastern region, insignificant in the central region, and to have a significant direct inhibition, as well as a significant spatial spillover effect, in the western region. This study provides a reference for China and other developing countries similar to China on how to promote coordinated urban and rural development in the development process of the digital economy.

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Power of Digital Economy to Drive Urban-Rural Integration: Intrinsic Mechanism and Spatial Effect, from Perspective of Multidimensional Integration

Cited by 12 publications

References 52 publications

New evidence on the real role of digital economy in influencing public health efficiency

New evidence on the real role of digital economy in influencing public health efficiency

Coupling and Coordination between Digital Economy and Urban–Rural Integration in China

Does the Digital Economy Promote Coordinated Urban–Rural Development? Evidence from China

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