Education Input, Social Security Expenditure and Urban-rural Income Gap--Based on Empirical Study with Provincial Panel Data

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10.2991/hsmet-19.2019.61How to use a DOI?

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Educational Input, Social Security Expenditure, Urban-rural Income Gap, GMM Estimation

Abstract

Based on inter-provincial panel data of China from 1999 to 2015, this paper empirically tests the relationship between education input, social security expenditure and urban-rural income gap by using GMM estimation method. The results show that education input and social security expenditure have a significant impact on the urban-rural income gap, and there are regional differences. Specifically, the augments of education input and social security expenditure has made the urban-rural income gap in the west expanded and the urban-rural income gap of the east and midland reduced, but the impact on the east is relatively small. The conclusion of this paper provides a new perspective for understanding the urban-rural income gap in China, and has enlightening significance for further increasing the educational investment in the western rural areas and improving the redistribution efficiency of social security expenditure.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuan Wang
AU  - Yingjun Huang
PY  - 2019/07
DA  - 2019/07
TI  - Education Input, Social Security Expenditure and Urban-rural Income Gap--Based on Empirical Study with Provincial Panel Data
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Humanities Science, Management and Education Technology (HSMET 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 342
EP  - 350
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/hsmet-19.2019.61
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