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Agri-Ecological Policy, Human Capital and Agricultural Green Technology Progress

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  • Guoqun Ma

    (School of Economics and Management, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, China
    Pearl River-Xijiang River Economic Belt Development Institute, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China)

  • Minjuan Li

    (School of Economics and Management, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, China)

  • Yuxi Luo

    (School of Economics and Management, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, China
    Pearl River-Xijiang River Economic Belt Development Institute, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
    Guangxi Key Laboratory of Landscape Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization in Lijiang River Basin, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China)

  • Tuanbiao Jiang

    (School of Economics and Management, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, China
    Pearl River-Xijiang River Economic Belt Development Institute, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China
    Center for Southwest Urban and Regional Development, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China)

Abstract

Agri-ecological policy and human capital are important factors affecting agricultural green technology progress (AGTP), but the related research is relatively insufficient. This paper contributes to existing research through new insights on the effect of agri-ecological policy on AGTP, using human capital as a moderating variable. We use the Super-efficiency SBM-DEA model to measure AGTP in 30 provinces of China during 2000–2019, and use a two-way fixed effects model to analyze the nonlinear effect of agri-ecological policy on AGTP and the moderating role of human capital. The results show that there is a “U”-shaped relationship between agri-ecological policy and AGTP, where human capital plays a positive moderating role. Intermediate human capital and advanced human capital can significantly moderate the impact of agri-ecological policy on AGTP, while the moderating role of primary human capital is not significant. The “U”-shaped relationship between agri-ecological policy and AGTP involves some heterogeneity based on differences in grain function and the two sides of the Hu Huanyong line.

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  • Guoqun Ma & Minjuan Li & Yuxi Luo & Tuanbiao Jiang, 2023. "Agri-Ecological Policy, Human Capital and Agricultural Green Technology Progress," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-14, April.
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