A Study on the Measurement and Coordination of the Income Gap between Urban and rural Residents in Shaanxi Province

According to the statistical data of Shaanxi province in 2001—2011,this paper found that the income of urban and rural residents is not synchronized with the economic growth,and the income gap between urban and rural residents in Shaanxi province has been widened.Analyzing the factors probably leading to the issue with econometric analysis method,the paper arrives at a conclusion that the dual economic structure,farmer's nonfarm income,the level of urbanization,the urban and rural per capita capital ownership and human capital differences between urban and rural areas are responsible to the ever growing income gap between urban and rural residents.Accordingly Shaanxi government should give it priority to narrow the gap and increase the income of rural residents by a large margin.The paper proposes approaches to build the coordination mechanism for the income gap between urban and rural resides.