Abstract Using the inter-regional input-output table of multi-provinces in China, this paper discusses the impact of unbalanced development of digital economy on the cycle of inter-provincial domestic value chain by pairwise matching of data between provinces. The result shows that imbalance development of digital economy significantly inhibits the circulation of domestic value chains. Heterogeneity test shows that the restraining effect of unbalanced development of digital economy is greater among provinces with low level of economic development. Compared with manufacturing and service industries, the unbalanced development of digital economy has a stronger inhibitory effect on primary products and resource-based industries. And the imbalance of digital economic development has a significant inhibitory effect on the economic development within and between the north and south regions, and this effect is more prominent in the northern region. Mechanism research indicates that the unbalanced development of digital economy suppresses the cycle of domestic value chain through market, innovation and cost mechanism. Finally, the inter-provincial labor mobility helps to weaken the inhibitory effect of the imbalance of digital economic development on the domestic value chain cycle. This study provides new theoretical analysis and policy research ideas for speeding up the construction of a new dual-cycle development pattern and promoting the construction of a unified domestic market.
LI Dan,DAI Zheng. Unbalanced Development of Digital Economy, Labor Mobility and Circulation of National Value Chain. Economic Survey, 2024, 41(1): 017.
2024, Vol. 41 
