The Dynamic Linkage and Threshold Characteristics of E-commerce and Urban-Rural Integration: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Prefecture-level Data

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Analysis of e-commerce's effect on urban-rural integration, highlighting key drivers in China.

E-commerce development significantly boosts urban-rural integration, enhancing socio-economic balance.
A 1% increase in e-commerce level correlates with a 0.190 percentage point rise in urban-rural integration.
Dynamic threshold analysis reveals varying influences from intervention and development factors on integration.
Over 2013-2022, urban-rural integration improved substantially across 280 Chinese cities, indicating positive trends.

Ai et al. (2025) studied this question.

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