Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This article comprehensively explores the impact of the digital economy on the new quality of agricultural productivity. Leveraging the panel data of 31 provincial-level regions in China from 2011 to 2022, a series of advanced econometric models, such as bidirectional fixed-effect, intermediary effect, threshold effect, and spatial Durbin models, are established for in-depth empirical analysis. The results are multi-faceted. Firstly, the digital economy significantly elevates the new quality of agricultural productivity, yet with temporal and regional variances. Secondly, it acts as a catalyst for productivity growth by augmenting government revenue, spurring technological innovation, and enriching human capital. Thirdly, rural education, the urban-rural information chasm, and information infrastructure construction exert distinctive threshold effects on this promotional process. Notably, a significant spatial spillover effect exists. Consequently, based on these findings, suggestions for bolstering the new quality agricultural productivity are proffered from four perspectives: government governance, policy formulation, digital infrastructure construction, and human capital enhancement.
Authors: Zhou Pengfei, CAI Yang, Li Xianfeng
Institution: Chongqing Normal University
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Award: G6728703493
OpenAlex ID: W4406587408