Has rural depopulation reduced agricultural land use efficiency? Mediating roles of cropland abandonment, scale operation, and cultivation structure
Shengdong Yang, Guanghui Jiang, Haibo Yu
Topics & Concepts
EndogeneityAgricultureGeographyTobit modelLand useScale (ratio)PopulationAgricultural economicsAgricultural landAgricultural productivityCorporate governanceNatural resource economicsRural areaPanel dataLand tenureChinaLand use, land-use change and forestryLand managementRural populationEnvironmental resource managementRobustness (evolution)BusinessUrbanizationDriving factorsEconomic geographyPopulation growthLand Rights and ReformsAgricultural Economics and PolicyAgricultural Innovations and Practices