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Resource misallocation and machinery outsourcing services of rice production in China

文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Sun, Zhiqi;Hong, Yu;Birner, Regina;Hu, Ruifa

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关键词： Farm productivity;Resource misallocation;Allocative efficiency;Agricultural machinery outsourcing services

期刊名称： CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW

ISSN： 1756-137X

年卷期： 2026 年

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收录情况： SCIE（2025版） ; ; SSCI（2025版） ; ; 农林核心（2024版）

摘要： PurposeThis study estimates the extent of misallocation in agricultural production and analyzes how distortions drive wedges between the marginal products of capital and labor at the farm level. The study also evaluates potential aggregate total factor productivity and yield gains through the reduction of misallocation, while examining the impact of agricultural machinery outsourcing services (AMS) on misallocation.Design/methodology/approachWe develop a theoretical framework that incorporates labor and capital distortions. We apply this framework to rice production in China, propose a resource distortion index and introduce sources of agricultural distortions at the smallholder farmer level.FindingsThe results reveal widespread farm-level resource misallocation in the surveyed region. Aggregate productivity (output) gains can be increased by 12%-52% if factors were reallocated from less productive to more productive farms. Our results further show that the use of AMS alleviates resource misallocation among farmers.Originality/valueThis study extends the existing quantitative framework and its applications by considering the distortions of capital and labor. Additionally, it estimates the role of AMS in agricultural misallocation and finds that AMS significantly alleviates resource misallocation.

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