Rural E-commerce and County Economic Development in China  

作　　者：Qiuxia Qin Hongdong Guo Xinjie Shi Kevin Chen 

机构地区：[1]China Academy for Rural Development,School of Public Affairs,Zhejiang University,China [2]China Academy for Rural Development,School of Public Affairs,China and Research Center for Common Prosperity,Future Regional Development Laboratory,Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta,Zhejiang University,China [3]China Academy for Rural Development,School of Public Affairs,Zhejiang University,China and International Food Policy Research Institute,East and Central Asia Office,China

出　　处：《China & World Economy》2023年第5期26-60,共35页中国与世界经济（英文版）

基　　金：the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.72003170);the National Social Science Fund of China(No.21&ZD091);the Major Project of the Key Research Base for Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education(No.22JJD790077);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities in China。

摘　　要：With the proliferation of information and communication technology in rural areas,rural e-commerce has gradually become a new economic phenomenon in China. Usingthe national rural e-commerce comprehensive demonstration policy as a quasi-naturalexperiment, this study examines the causal linkage between rural e-commerce andcounty-level economic development in China. Its findings, which draw on county-levelpanel data from 2011 to 2018, indicate that the policy had a positive effect on the countyleveleconomy in China, resulting in an overall increase in county GDP by 3.5 percent(0.7 percent annually). Our analysis further shows that the impact of the policy diferedalong the region and human capital dimensions. Further analysis reveals that industrialstructure and nonagricultural employment were the main channels for the policy toexert a county-level economic impact. Infrastructure improvement in China also playsan important role. The findings emphasize the importance of advancing e-commerce inrural areas to stimulate county-level economic development.

关 键 词：county economy E-COMMERCE quasi-natural experiment rural China 

分 类 号：F724.6[经济管理—产业经济] F124