Abstract—This study investigates the heterogenous effect of
digital finance on narrowing income gap. It is found that
Internet digital finance and digital finance in banking both help
narrow income gap and a U-shaped relation is found between
digital finance development and income gap. Internet digital
finance alleviates information constraints, while digital finance
in banking alleviates credit constraints in narrowing income gap.
The two forms of digital finance have stronger effects on the
income gap in economically and digitally underdeveloped areas.
This study provides suggestions for developing digital finance,
breaking the dual urban-rural financial structure and
promoting common prosperity.
Index Terms—Internet digital finance, digital finance in
banking, income gap
The authors are with School of Finance, Nanjing Agricultural University,
Jiangsu, China
*Correspondence: 2020118005@stu.njau.edu.cn (Y.X.S.)
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Cite: Yuxin Shen and Zhiwei Wu, "The Impact of Digital Finance on Income Gap: An
Empirical Investigation from the Perspective of Banking
Digitalization," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 268-272, 2023.
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