Table 4 Regional heterogeneity analysis.

From: Bridging or widening? The impact of the Broadband China policy on urban-rural income inequality

Regions

(1) East

(2) Central and West

(3)Yangtze

(4) Pearl

(5) Bohai

BC

0.766*** (0.182)

0.738*** (0.244)

0.356* (0.202)

1.094*** (0.281)

0.634** (0.311)

UTR

−9.914*** (2.449)

−12.990*** (2.416)

−15.370*** (3.720)

−16.090*** (4.093)

−10.620*** (3.096)

FDI

−16.990*** (4.766)

−1.462 (2.642)

−7.996* (4.642)

−2.164 (3.449)

−25.560*** (5.940)

HUMAN

1.415 (5.907)

−0.730 (11.280)

25.450 (16.930)

4.873 (6.591)

−2.212 (18.430)

RGDP

−2.139*** (0.604)

−0.954 (0.581)

3.117** (1.317)

−1.966** (0.889)

−2.576*** (0.707)

ROAD

−0.283 (0.285)

−0.187 (0.325)

0.0459 (0.367)

−0.924*** (0.264)

0.0871 (0.278)

IST

−1.633 (1.614)

3.380*** (1.165)

−6.554** (2.365)

−2.212 (1.625)

−2.945 (2.353)

Fixed effects

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Observations

1067

1628

275

957

462

R-squared

0.647

0.693

0.779

0.750

0.600

  1. *** and ** respectively are significant levels at 1 and 5%.