Collected Essays on Finance and Economics ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (11): 47-57.

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Does Population Aging Affect the Development of Digital Financial Inclusion?An Empirical Test Based on Provincial Panel Data during 2011 to 2018

ZHANG Zhengping1,2, CHEN Yang1   

  1. 1. School of Economics, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
    2. Digital Finance Research Center, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
  • Received:2021-01-28 Online:2021-11-10 Published:2021-11-04

人口老龄化影响我国数字普惠金融的发展吗?——基于2011—2018年省级面板数据的实证检验

张正平1,2, 陈杨1   

  1. 1.北京工商大学经济学院,北京 100048
    2.北京工商大学数字金融研究中心,北京 100048
  • 作者简介:张正平(1976—),男,湖北武汉人,北京工商大学经济学院教授,北京工商大学数字金融研究中心教授,博士生导师;
    陈杨(1996—),女,河北邢台人,北京工商大学经济学院硕士生。
  • 基金资助:
    国家社会科学基金重大项目(18ZDA092);国家自然科学基金项目(71873011)

Abstract:

Under the background of the deepening aging degree and the rapid development of the digital financial inclusion in China, the academic circle has paid little attention to the relationship between the population aging and the development of the digital financial inclusion. Therefore, this paper empirically tests the impact of the population aging on the development of the digital financial inclusion based on the provincial panel data from 2011 to 2018, hoping to provide an explanation from the perspective of the demographic structure for the development of the digital financial inclusion. The results show that the population aging significantly inhibits the development level of the digital financial inclusion. At the same time, the inhibitory effect is stronger in the regions with a high level of aging, the central and western regions and the regions with a large urban-rural income gap. Further mechanism tests show that the population aging inhibits the development of the digital financial inclusion by inhibiting the internet popularization and enhancing the risk aversion.

Key words: Population Aging, Digital Financial Inclusion, Internet Popularization, Risk Aversion, Mediating Effect Model

摘要:

在我国人口老龄化以及数字普惠金融快速发展的背景下,学界对人口老龄化与数字普惠金融发展的关系却鲜有关注。为此,本文基于我国2011—2018年省级面板数据实证检验人口老龄化对数字普惠金融发展的影响,试图为数字普惠金融发展提供一个人口年龄结构角度的解释。研究发现:人口老龄化显著抑制了数字普惠金融的发展;同时,在人口老龄化水平高的地区、中西部地区和城乡收入差距较大的地区这种抑制作用更强;机制检验表明,人口老龄化通过抑制互联网普及、增强风险厌恶来抑制数字普惠金融的发展。

关键词: 人口老龄化, 数字普惠金融, 互联网普及, 风险厌恶, 中介效应模型

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