Table 5.
Results of heterogeneity analysis.
| By region | By population aging level | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern region | Eastern region | Western region | High–aging region | Low–aging region | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| ρ | 0.2110*** | 0.2856*** | 0.2007* | 0.2513*** | 0.2520*** |
| (2.4102) | (2.5130) | (1.9055) | (2.8011) | (3.5103) | |
| Internet 1 | −0.0270** | −0.0210** | −0.0199 | −0.0203* | −0.0281** |
| (−2.2114) | (−2.0327) | (−1.6037) | (−1.8130) | (−2.1054) | |
| d–internet | 0.0130** | 0.0158* | 0.0245* | 0.0246* | 0.0220* |
| (2.1012) | (1.8063) | (1.8206) | (1.9905) | (1.8931) | |
| People | −0.0198* | −0.0213** | −0.0252** | −0.0206 | −0.0217** |
| (−1.7063) | (−2.1039) | (−2.0814) | (−1.2160) | (−2.0562) | |
| rgdp | 0.0018 | 0.0015 | 0.0011 | 0.0201 | 0.0155 |
| (0.1188) | (0.1231) | (0.1110) | (0.1164) | (0.1810) | |
| Phone | −0.0106** | −0.0153 | −0.0132* | −0.0193 | −0.0236** |
| (−2.0513) | (−1.3064) | (−1.9330) | (−1.5103) | (−2.1302) | |
| Expend | −0.0829* | −0.0730* | −0.0899 | −0.0772 | −0.0939* |
| (−1.8230) | (−1.9209) | (−1.5530) | (−1.4434) | (−1.8622) | |
| Air | −0.0225* | −0.0208 | −0.0133* | −0.0117* | −0.0206 |
| (−1.8826) | (−1.0266) | (−1.9016) | (−1.9366) | (−1.6689) | |
| R-squared | 0.205 | 0.160 | 0.177 | 0.331 | 0.252 |
| Region effect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Time effect | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Province | 12 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 14 |
| Observations | 120 | 90 | 100 | 3,805 | 3,327 |
*, **, ***denote variables significant at the 10, 5, and 1% levels, respectively, and values in parentheses are t-values.