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Resource misallocation and unbalanced growth in green total factor productivity in Chinese agriculture

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  • Jiangfeng Hu
  • Ying Deng

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We measure the regional gaps in green total factor productivity (GTFP) growth by using the Dagum’s Gini coefficient based on panel data for 306 cities from 1996 to 2017, then adopt a geographical detector to test the contribution of resource misallocation to the unbalanced growth in GTFP. The results show that Chinese agricultural GTFP continues to grow, but the overall growth gap has expanded year by year, mainly due to the inter-provincial gap. Compared with land, labor and machinery, fertilizer misallocation is the main factor driving the unbalanced growth in GTFP. Moreover, the interaction contribution of fertilizer misallocation with any one resource misallocation is higher than that in a single factor. Finally, resource misallocation also leads to unbalanced growth in technological progress and technical efficiency, but more so for the latter. Our research helps to provide a new solution to the “dilemma” of food security and ecological security from the perspective of optimizing resource allocation.

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  • Jiangfeng Hu & Ying Deng, 2025. "Resource misallocation and unbalanced growth in green total factor productivity in Chinese agriculture," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 68(1), pages 49-83, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:68:y:2025:i:1:p:49-83
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2023.2238120
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