期刊
CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
卷 14, 期 2, 页码 416-442出版社
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/CAER-10-2020-0254
关键词
Agricultural productivity; Poverty reduction; China; Two-stage data envelopment analysis
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71763022, 71963028]
- Economics First-class Research Field Project of Ningxia [NXYLKX2017B04]
The study examines the relative efficiencies of anti-poverty policies in 28 Chinese provinces using meta-frontier undesirable dynamic two-stage data envelopment analysis. The results show significant imbalance in input-output efficiencies between eastern and western regions, with most provinces seeing improvements in poverty reduction efficiencies. Recent place-based poverty relief policies have been effective in reducing poverty rates and income inequality has worsened despite increasing disposable income levels.
Purpose This study examines the relative efficiencies of anti-poverty policies implemented in 28 Chinese provinces. Design/methodology/approach This study uses meta-frontier undesirable dynamic two-stage data envelopment analysis. The authors divide the poverty reduction process into two stages: agricultural production and poverty reduction. Public expenditure is the input for the second stage, and the population below the poverty line is the undesirable output. The authors compute the efficiencies (overall efficiency, efficiency of each stage and the efficiencies of individual inputs and outputs) using meta-frontier analysis for the 28 provinces. Findings The results show that: (1) a significant imbalance exists between the eastern and western regions in terms of input-output efficiencies; (2) the poverty reduction stage generally fared better than the agricultural production stage did. In particular, most provinces saw increases in poverty reduction efficiencies between 2013 and 2017; (3) the place-based poverty relief policies introduced in recent years are effective at reducing the poverty rate and reaching the government-set goals and (4) while disposable income has increased steadily over the past few years, income inequality has been exacerbated. Research limitations/implications The results show that: (1) a significant imbalance exists between the eastern and western regions in terms of input-output efficiencies; (2) the poverty reduction stage generally fared better than the agricultural production stage did. In particular, most provinces saw increases in poverty reduction efficiencies between 2013 and 2017; (3) the place-based poverty relief policies introduced in recent years are effective at reducing the poverty rate and reaching the government-set goals and (4) while disposable income has increased steadily over the past few years, income inequality has exacerbated. Originality/value A large amount of attention and public resources are devoted to fighting poverty and associated market failures in China. The extant literature focuses either on the agricultural production itself or the relationship between human capital and productivity levels. Making use of recent developments of the DEA method, the authors propose a new framework for evaluating the efficiencies of the poverty reduction process. Such a framework has the advantage of giving researchers and policymakers a more detailed diagnosis with regard to the components in the endeavor to eliminate poverty and providing useful information for policymakers to optimize public funds use. Methodologically, the framework is flexible enough to be employed for future research in similar appraisals, at different geographic and scale aggregation levels, for public projects including but not limited to poverty reduction.
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