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Investigate how digital infrastructure influences urban-rural income inequality with a focus on new quality productive forces as a moderating factor.

New quality productive forces as a catalyst: moderating the impact of digital infrastructure on urban-rural income inequality in China

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Analysis demonstrates that digital infrastructure mitigates urban-rural income inequality, suggesting beneficial economic impacts in China.

Investigate how digital infrastructure influences urban-rural income inequality with a focus on new quality productive forces as a moderating factor.
Utilized a double machine learning model for analysis.
Employed mediation and moderation effects models to examine impact mechanisms.
Leverage the 'Broadband China' policy as a quasi-natural experiment.
Urban income increased by approximately 8.3% due to broadband initiatives.
Rural income rose by about 9.8%, narrowing the income gap by 0.04%.
Increased new quality productive forces amplified the positive effect of Internet applications on income disparity.

Wu et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Analysis demonstrates that digital infrastructure mitigates urban-rural income inequality, suggesting beneficial economic impacts in China.