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Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity under the Distortion of the Factor Market in China

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  • Yang Yang

    (School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
    School of Economics and Management, Huzhou University, Huzhou 313000, China)

  • Heng Ma

    (School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China)

  • Guosong Wu

    (School of Economics and Management, Huzhou University, Huzhou 313000, China)

Abstract

The scientific and reasonable measurement of agricultural green total factor productivity is helpful to grasp the direction of rural-factor-market reform. This study constructs a Malmquist productivity index based on a non-radial and non-angular SBM directional distance function. This study calculates the agricultural green total factor productivity of 28 provinces (cities and autonomous regions) in China from 1997 to 2020 by considering unexpected outputs such as carbon emissions and agricultural non-point-source pollution. Finally, this study uses the spatial Dobbin model to explore the spatial impact of agricultural green total factor productivity under the distortion of the factor market. The results show that the agricultural green total factor productivity, considering the unexpected outputs, is more in line with the level of high-quality green development in China’s agriculture. Regardless of whether the unexpected output is included, the increase in China’s agricultural total factor productivity is primarily due to progress in agricultural technology, and the double boost is little in agricultural technology progress and technical efficiency. Agricultural green total factor productivity shows an increasing trend, but the growth rate is slow, and differences in different regions are significant. Factor market distortion negatively impacts agricultural green total factor productivity, and other factors improve the agricultural total green factor productivity. However, factor market distortion has a particular spatial spillover effect, which hinders the synchronous growth of agricultural green total factor productivity in different regions. Therefore, the government should promote the reform of the agricultural mode of production and agricultural green production, eliminate the blocking effect of factor market distortion on the improvement in agricultural green total factor productivity, narrow the regional gap of agricultural total factor productivity, and establish a policy system for high-quality green development of modern agriculture.

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  • Yang Yang & Heng Ma & Guosong Wu, 2022. "Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity under the Distortion of the Factor Market in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-15, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:15:p:9309-:d:875271
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    1. Xuelan Li & Rui Guan, 2023. "How Does Agricultural Mechanization Service Affect Agricultural Green Transformation in China?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(2), pages 1-23, January.
    2. Feng Ye & Zhongna Yang & Mark Yu & Susan Watson & Ashley Lovell, 2023. "Can Market-Oriented Reform of Agricultural Subsidies Promote the Growth of Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity? Empirical Evidence from Maize in China," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-20, January.
    3. Shuying Wang & Yifei Gao & Hongchang Zhou, 2022. "Research on Green Total Factor Productivity Enhancement Path from the Configurational Perspective—Based on the TOE Theoretical Framework," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-20, October.
    4. Zhuohui Yu & Shiping Mao & Qingning Lin, 2022. "Has China’s Carbon Emissions Trading Pilot Policy Improved Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity?," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-21, September.
    5. Fuwei Wang & Lei Du & Minghua Tian, 2022. "Does Agricultural Credit Input Promote Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity? Evidence from Spatial Panel Data of 30 Provinces in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-22, December.
    6. Zhuohui Yu & Qingning Lin & Changli Huang, 2022. "Re-Measurement of Agriculture Green Total Factor Productivity in China from a Carbon Sink Perspective," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-26, November.
    7. Yaoyao Wang & Yuanpei Kuang, 2023. "Evaluation, Regional Disparities and Driving Mechanisms of High-Quality Agricultural Development in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-20, April.

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