Empirical Analysis on the Urban-rural Gap Influencing Economic and Social Stability
LI Chang-an1, LAI De-sheng2
1.School of Public Management, University of Internaionnal Business Economics, Beijing 100029,China; 2.School of Economics and Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875,China
Abstract The enlargement of the Urban-rural gap is an important factor to lead to the unstable socioeconomic development.This paper measures the urban-rural income inequality affecting the total social stability by building an index system, containing three indicators with principal component analysis of 1990-2010 data. The research shows that it is obvious that the urban-rural income gap influence the stability with a significant effect on the stability of family and society, and no apparent influence on economic stability.Therefore, it is very necessary and urgent to maintain the economic and social long-term stability, speed up the reform of the income distribution system, prevent the increasing income gap.
2013, Vol. 1 
