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Table 1 Statistical feature of the main variables

From: The impact of transfer payments on urban-rural income gap: based on fuzzy RD analysis of China’s midwestern county data

Variable name

Index

Sample number

Mean

Standard deviation

Minimum

Maximum

Income gap between urban and rural areas

Gap

6520

5.679404

2.810724

1.332908

23.24396

Transfer payment

Transfer

8053

4.772247

7.482760

0.047015

94.20853

Western region or not

West

8432

0.598672

0.490196

0

1

Distance

Distance

8432

−1.234651

4.656160

−16.25232

8.757799

Per capital basic construction investment(10,000 yuan/person)

Infrastructure

8224

0.177283

0.317755

0.001079

5.454545

Tax burden level

Tax

8051

0.041999

0.016694

0.017679

0.078604

Per capital GDP(10,000 yuan/person)

Gdpper

8340

0.577577

0.487237

0.050675

7.516575

Proportion of the first industry

Pindustry

8238

0.320898

0.146475

0.005649

0.987018

Proportion of the second industry

Sindustry

8234

0.355314

0.167509

0.005645

0.986210

Per capita fiscal revenue(10,000 yuan/person)

Grper

7981

0.024567

0.033896

0.001671

1.112006

Urbanization rate

Urban

8101

0.142832

0.094575

0

1

Population density

Densitypop

8253

0.026757

0.023495

0.000014

0.151786

Balance of financial institutions loan at the end of the year

LnLoan

8233

11.26259

1.038916

5.743003

13.99783

Percentage of students in school

Students

8254

0.059936

0.018160

0.000418

0.252336