Research Article

Does Infrastructure Improve Residents’ Consumption? Evidence from China’s New-Generation Infrastructure

Table 6

Mediation test (NIC in narrow sense).

VariableExpenditureIndustryExpenditureUpgradeIndustryUpgrade
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)

Narrow0.1365 (10.32)0.0283 (5.14)0.1242 (9.31)0.0075 (3.50)0.0283 (5.14)0.0051 (2.39)
Industry0.4355 (4.25)0.0840 (5.10)
URB0.0049 (3.93)0.0024 (4.64)0.0038 (3.07)0.0010 (4.95)0.0024 (4.64)0.0008 (3.96)
PGDP0.0979 (12.91)0.0316 (10.01)0.0842 (10.34)0.0021 (1.68)0.0316 (10.01)−0.0006 (−0.45)
FDI−0.5955 (−5.06)−0.0022 (−0.05)−0.5946 (−5.13)−0.0691 (−3.63)−0.0022 (−0.05)−0.0689 (−3.70)
Market0.1875 (2.86)−0.0985 (−3.61)0.2304 (3.53)0.01524 (1.44)−0.0985 (−3.61)0.0235 (2.24)
GOV0.7984 (4.89)−0.1026 (−1.51)0.8431 (5.24)0.1094 (4.14)−0.1026 (−1.51)0.1180 (4.56)
CONS8.0678 (106.87)1.9317 (61.49)7.2267 (34.18)0.2707 (22.14)1.9317 (61.49)0.1085 (3.19)
Individual/time effectYesYesYesYesYesYes
R20.83030.67420.83590.39290.67420.4212
N540540540540540540

Note. T-statistics are shown in parentheses. , , indicate 1%, 5%, 10% respectively.