Digital Economy Empowers Agricultural Total Factor Productivity Growth:Effects and Mechanisms
Based on the provincial panel data of China from 2011 to 2022,this paper investigated the enabling effect of digital economy on agricultural total factor productivity(TFP)growth by constructing an agricultural digital economy index and an agricultural TFP calculation model,and explored its under-lying mechanism from the perspective of factors misallocation.The results indicate that the development of digital economy has significantly promoted the growth of agricultural TFP,which is mainly reflected in the improvement of technical efficiency and technological progress.Mechanism testing shows that the digital economy mainly empowers agricultural TFP growth by improving capital and land misallocation,while the mechanism of alleviating labor misallocation is not yet obvious.Heterogeneity analysis found that in the eastern regions,provinces with higher levels of agricultural TFP and digital economy develop-ment,the growth effect of digital economy on agricultural TFP was more prominent.Further spatial econ-ometric analysis shows that digital economy empowers agricultural TFP growth has a significant and posi-tive spatial spillover effect,and this spillover is more likely to occur between regions with similar levels of economic development.
digital economyagricultural total factor productivityfactors misallocationspatial spillo-ver effect
万方数据
维普
