Utility analysis of digital villages to empower balanced urban-rural development based on the three-stage DEA-Malmquist model.

Rural subjects, the agricultural industrial structure, public services and rural governance are fully empowered by digital villages. This empowerment effectively compensates for the urban-rural digital divide and promotes the equalization of urban-rural income, consumption, education, medical care,...

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Main Authors: Lingling Cao, Huawei Niu, YiFeng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270952
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Huawei Niu
YiFeng Wang
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description Rural subjects, the agricultural industrial structure, public services and rural governance are fully empowered by digital villages. This empowerment effectively compensates for the urban-rural digital divide and promotes the equalization of urban-rural income, consumption, education, medical care, and governance. Based on the three-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) model and Malmquist index, this article conducts an in-depth study of the static and dynamic efficiency trends of digital villages that empower urban-rural balanced development in 31 provinces in China from 2015 to 2020. The results show that comprehensive technical efficiency of 31 provinces is weak DEA effective, and that the scale efficiency is the main factor affecting comprehensive technical efficiency. The educational level, local finance and industrial structure optimization have a significant positive impact on efficiency evaluation, but technological innovation and the urbanization level have a significant negative impact. Total factor productivity shows diminishing marginal utility based on the Malmquist index and its decomposition change. Restricted by the change in technological progress, the efficiency of digital villages in China in enabling urban-rural equilibrium needs to be further improved.
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spelling doaj.art-3eb22aa98f0f4bb6bd7e9f683da32bcc2022-12-22T03:08:00ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01178e027095210.1371/journal.pone.0270952Utility analysis of digital villages to empower balanced urban-rural development based on the three-stage DEA-Malmquist model.Lingling CaoHuawei NiuYiFeng WangRural subjects, the agricultural industrial structure, public services and rural governance are fully empowered by digital villages. This empowerment effectively compensates for the urban-rural digital divide and promotes the equalization of urban-rural income, consumption, education, medical care, and governance. Based on the three-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) model and Malmquist index, this article conducts an in-depth study of the static and dynamic efficiency trends of digital villages that empower urban-rural balanced development in 31 provinces in China from 2015 to 2020. The results show that comprehensive technical efficiency of 31 provinces is weak DEA effective, and that the scale efficiency is the main factor affecting comprehensive technical efficiency. The educational level, local finance and industrial structure optimization have a significant positive impact on efficiency evaluation, but technological innovation and the urbanization level have a significant negative impact. Total factor productivity shows diminishing marginal utility based on the Malmquist index and its decomposition change. Restricted by the change in technological progress, the efficiency of digital villages in China in enabling urban-rural equilibrium needs to be further improved.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270952
spellingShingle Lingling Cao
Huawei Niu
YiFeng Wang
Utility analysis of digital villages to empower balanced urban-rural development based on the three-stage DEA-Malmquist model.
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title Utility analysis of digital villages to empower balanced urban-rural development based on the three-stage DEA-Malmquist model.
title_full Utility analysis of digital villages to empower balanced urban-rural development based on the three-stage DEA-Malmquist model.
title_fullStr Utility analysis of digital villages to empower balanced urban-rural development based on the three-stage DEA-Malmquist model.
title_full_unstemmed Utility analysis of digital villages to empower balanced urban-rural development based on the three-stage DEA-Malmquist model.
title_short Utility analysis of digital villages to empower balanced urban-rural development based on the three-stage DEA-Malmquist model.
title_sort utility analysis of digital villages to empower balanced urban rural development based on the three stage dea malmquist model
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270952
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