Research on the Impact Mechanism of Digital Technique on Rural Industry Integration: Evidence from China

Research on the Impact Mechanism of Digital Technique on Rural Industry Integration: Evidence from China | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Research on the Impact Mechanism of Digital Technique on Rural Industry Integration: Evidence from China Wei Huang, Jingkun Zhang, Wang Zhang This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7206701/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Data has become a virtual factor of production, which, when integrated with traditional factors such as labor, capital, and land, forms digital labor, digital capital, and digital land, thereby generating a multiplier effect that contributes to the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. This paper utilizes panel data from 30 provinces (autonomous regions, and municipalities) of China from 2014 to 2024, and employs a double machine learning model to empirically test the impact mechanism of rural digitalization on the integration development of rural industries. The results indicate that digital villages significantly promote the integrated development of rural industries through three direct pathways: digital industry development, digital information infrastructure, and digital service levels, with this conclusion remaining valid after a series of robustness tests. Mechanism analysis shows that digital villages facilitate the integration of rural industries through three indirect pathways: alleviating urban-rural factor mismatches, adjusting the agricultural industrial structure, and promoting agricultural technological advancement, with this conclusion still valid after various robustness tests. Heterogeneity results show that there is significant variability in how digital villages promote the development of integrated rural industries, with effects being more pronounced in major grain-producing and eastern regions compared to non-major grain-producing and central-western regions. Based on this, the paper proposes policy recommendations focused on accelerating digital village construction, formulating differentiated strategies, and alleviating factor mismatches, aiming to provide references for achieving rural revitalization. We mainly propose countermeasures and suggestions from three aspects: digital dividend, differentiation strategy, and element mismatch. Our main purpose in studying this article is to make up for the shortcomings of existing theories, enrich the theoretical system of digital rural construction, contribute Chinese solutions to the world's digital rural construction, and improve the level of world digital rural construction. Digital Technique Rural Industry Integration Dual machine learning Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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