Economic Foundation, Income Distribution and Common Prosperity: Configuration Analysis Based on fsQCA

Based on the theoretical framework of economic foundation, market distribution and government regulation, taking 31 provinces and autonomous regions in China as cases, this paper used the method of fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to explore the impact of economic aggregate, primary distribution and redistribution on the common prosperity level of different regions. Six secondary conditions such as per capita GDP, industrialization level, market development degree, market subject scale, local budget expenditure and personal income tax were set accordingly. Four condition configurations were obtained through analysis, and the different paths to achieve common prosperity in typical areas were explained respectively. Relying on strong economic foundation, perfect market system and strong government regulation, Shanghai, Beijing, Zhejiang and other provinces and cities had achieved a high level of common prosperity. To this end, specific measures should be taken to promote the optimization and adjustment of industries and the coordinated development of the regional economy; to build a high-level market economic system and innovate the path of enterprise development; and to implement scientific macroeconomic control by the government and optimize the mode of market governance to help achieve the goal of common prosperity.