Can the Re-designation of Counties as City Districts Improve Regional Total Factor Productivity?—Empirical Evidence of Municipal Scale from 2000 to 2018

doi:10.13438/j.cnki.jdxb.2023.05.009

Abstract

Abstract: The re-designation of counties as city districts is an important measure to expand the space of urban development and promote regional integration.Based on the national dataof municipal scale from 2000 to 2018,a difference-in-difference model is used to identify the impact of the re-designation of counties as city districts on the municipal total factor productivity.The results show that it increases the average municipal total factor productivity by 1.27%.Through further analysis,it is found that the promoting effect on the municipal total factor productivity is significant in the eastern regions,but not significant in the central and western regions.At the same time,the effect of it is more obvious in the cities with low fiscal dependence,high population urbanization rate and high economic correlation.Mechanism analysis finds that with the re-designation of counties as city districts,the total factor productivity is improved by expanding the municipal scale to attract enterprises,improving the regional innovation level,and promoting the transformation and upgrading of industrial structure.

Key words: new type of urbanization, administrative division adjustment, re-designation of counties as city districts, total factor productivity, coordinated development

DING Jianjun, WANG Diankun, LIU Xian. Can the Re-designation of Counties as City Districts Improve Regional Total Factor Productivity?—Empirical Evidence of Municipal Scale from 2000 to 2018[J]. Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences Edition), 2023, 44(5): 75-89.

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