Impact of Urbanization on the Urban-Rural Income Gap in Guangxi Province

Based on the time series data of 1980-2009,the paper revised the present urbanization data and studied the impact of urbanization on urban-rural income gap in Guangxi.Study found that the urbanization greatly expanded the income gap between urban and rural areas of Guangxi.When other conditions remained unchanged,every 1% increase in urbanization rate meant 0.511 041% widening of income gap.Therefore,local governments should loosen the divided urban and rural household registration and management policies,allowing more and more rural residents enjoy the benefits of economic development brought by urbanization.