Agri-Ecological Policy, Human Capital and Agricultural Green Technology Progress

Guoqun Ma, Minjuan Li, Yuxi Luo and Tuanbiao Jiang ()
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Guoqun Ma: School of Economics and Management, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, China
Minjuan Li: School of Economics and Management, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, China
Yuxi Luo: School of Economics and Management, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, China
Tuanbiao Jiang: School of Economics and Management, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541006, China

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: Agri-ecological policy and human capital are important factors affecting agricultural green technology progress (AGTP), but the related research is relatively insufficient. This paper contributes to existing research through new insights on the effect of agri-ecological policy on AGTP, using human capital as a moderating variable. We use the Super-efficiency SBM-DEA model to measure AGTP in 30 provinces of China during 2000–2019, and use a two-way fixed effects model to analyze the nonlinear effect of agri-ecological policy on AGTP and the moderating role of human capital. The results show that there is a “U”-shaped relationship between agri-ecological policy and AGTP, where human capital plays a positive moderating role. Intermediate human capital and advanced human capital can significantly moderate the impact of agri-ecological policy on AGTP, while the moderating role of primary human capital is not significant. The “U”-shaped relationship between agri-ecological policy and AGTP involves some heterogeneity based on differences in grain function and the two sides of the Hu Huanyong line.

Keywords: agri-ecological policy; human capital; agricultural green technology progress; panel data model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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