数字乡村建设对农村经济高质量发展的影响—基于省级面板数据的实证研究

Impact of Digital Countryside Construction on the High-Quality Development of the Rural Economy: Empirical Research Based on Provincial Panel Data

摘要:

基于2010—2024年省级面板数据，构建综合评价指标体系并采用熵权法测度数字乡村建设水平和农村经济高质量发展水平，运用面板双固定效应等计量模型实证考察数字乡村建设对农村经济高质量发展的影响。基准回归结果表明，数字乡村建设对农村经济高质量发展存在正向作用机制，该结论经过内生性检验和稳健性检验后依旧成立。影响机制检验结果表明，农村产业融合和技术创新水平存在中介效应，存在“数字乡村建设—农村产业融合—农村经济高质量发展”和“数字乡村建设—技术创新水平提升—农村经济高质量发展”的传导机制。异质性检验结果表明，数字乡村建设对东部地区、高互联网普及率地区农村经济高质量发展的影响更显著。提出加强农村数字基础设施建设、深化农业全产业链数字化、加快农村产业融合和提升技术创新水平等政策建议。

Abstract:

Based on provincial panel data from 2010 to 2024, this study constructs a comprehensive evaluation index system and uses the entropy weight method to measure the level of digital countryside construction and the high-quality development of the rural economy. Econometric models such as a two-way fixed-effects panel model are employed to empirically examine the impact of digital countryside construction on the high-quality development of the rural economy. The benchmark regression results indicate that digital countryside construction has a positive effect on the high-quality development of the rural economy, and this conclusion remains robust after endogeneity and robustness tests. The analysis of impact mechanisms shows that rural industrial integration and the level of technological innovation play mediating roles, revealing transmission mechanisms of“digital countryside construction→rural industrial integration→high-quality development of the rural economy”and“digital countryside construction→improvement in technological innovation→high-quality development of the rural economy”. Heterogeneity tests further show that digital countryside construction has a more significant impact on the high-quality development of the rural economy in eastern regions and in regions with high Internet penetration. Accordingly, this study puts forward policy recommendations such as strengthening the construction of rural digital infrastructure, deepening the digitalization of the whole agricultural industry chain, accelerating rural industrial integration, and enhancing the level of technological innovation.