Productivity growth, technological progress, and efficiency change in chinese agriculture after rural economic reforms: A DEA approach

An analysis on technical efficiency in post-reform China

“…The discussion on the sustainability of economic growth in China's post-reform economy has led to studies on China's productivity, using either growth accounting or stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) (Chen et al, 2009;Chen et al, 2008;Wu, 2000Wu, , 2003Wu, , 2004Hu and Khan, 1997;Woo, 1998;Mao and Koo, 1997;Borenstein and Ostry, 1996;Yang and Lahr, 2010). For example, the studies by Chow and Li (2002) and used investment figures to construct capital stock to estimate China's national total factor productivity (TFP) growth rates have been extended by Liu and Li (2006) and who incorporated the human capital variable and alternative investment data to examine both national and provincial TFP growth rates.…”

Efficiency and technology gap in China's agriculture: A regional meta-frontier analysis

“…The extant literature has seen a great deal of discussions on whether viable options remain for increasing agricultural production in China. The role of technical and allocative efficiency was investigated in Chen and Huffman (2006), Mao and Koo (1997), Wang, Cramer, and Wailes (1996), and many others (see, also, a discussion in Abdulai and Huffman 2000).…”

Metropolitan Spillover Effects and Economic Growth of Non-Metropolitan Areas: Evidence from Indiana Counties

“…From an international perspective, Mao and Koo (1997) applied a data envelopment analysis approach to determine that technical progress was mostly attributed to Chinese rural areas' productivity growth. They noted that enhancing rural education and research and development would improve technical efficiency and productivity in rural areas and achieve economic growth.…”