TITLE:
Research on the Influence of Urbanization Structure on Farmers’ Income Increase—Based on the Perspective of Income Structure
AUTHORS:
Xueting Huang, Zengyang Wang, Zhian Ren
KEYWORDS:
Urbanization Structure, Farmers’ Total Income, Farmers’ Income
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.5,
May
25,
2021
ABSTRACT: Different from the existing studies that examine the impact of the
overall development level of urbanization on farmers’ income, this article
empirically studies the impact of two aspects of urbanization level structure, “citilization”
and “townization” on farmers’ income. Based on the empirical study of 31
provincial panel data from 2007 to 2018, it is found that “citilization” and “townization”
can significantly improve farmers’ income, and the role of “townization” is obviously greater than that of “urbanization”.
In terms of the impact of income components, “citilization” and “townization”
have no obvious impact on wage income and operating income, but promote both
property income and transfer income, and “townization” has an even greater
effect. The policy implication of the research conclusion is that while using
urban “engine” to drive economic growth, we should actively use the pivotal
role of small towns to connect urban and rural development to promote rural
revitalization and development.