Two-Stage Super-Efficiency Slacks-Based Model to Assess China’s Ecological Wellbeing

Jundong Hou, Xinxin Ruan, Jun Lv and Haixiang Guo
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Jundong Hou: School of Economics & Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Xinxin Ruan: School of Economics & Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Jun Lv: School of Economics & Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Haixiang Guo: School of Economics & Management, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 19, 1-19

Abstract: As industrialization and urbanization in China have significantly increased ecological problems such as environmental pollution and resource waste, it has become important to be able to comprehensively assess ecological wellbeing performance (EWP) when seeking high-quality human wellbeing and economic growth within specific ecological limits. Therefore, to explore the EWP spatial and temporal distribution characteristics, this paper established an evaluation index system that considers ecological economic efficiency and economic welfare efficiency from input and output perspectives. The EWPs in 30 Chinese provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) from 2006 to 2017 were then measured using a two-stage super-efficiency slacks-based model (Super-SBM) and data envelopment analysis (DEA) window analysis method. It was found that: (1) the average EWP value in the Chinese provinces was relatively low at 0.698, with the highest EWP in Beijing, Hainan, and Shanghai and the lowest in Xinjiang, Ningxia, and Qinghai; (2) the average provincial EWP fluctuated from 2006 to 2017 with a “decline-rise-decline-rise” feature; (3) China’s EWP value was spatially supported by the quadrangular “Beijing-Shanghai-Hainan-Sichuan” pole and continued to radiate to areas along these lines. These research findings provide theoretical insights and practical implications for regional ecological protection and human welfare improvements in China.

Keywords: ecological wellbeing performance; super-efficiency SBM model; DEA window analysis method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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