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Variables | Definitions | Mean | Std. dev |
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Output indicator | Gross family farming output | The total value of agricultural products produced by farmers (Yuan), logarithm | 8.993 | 1.053 |
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Input indicator | Farmland management scale | The farmer’s land management area after deducting abandoned tillage (mu), logarithm | 1.969 | 0.780 |
Agricultural economic input | The farmer’s total input in agricultural production (Yuan), logarithm | 7.593 | 0.892 |
Agricultural production time | The total time spent by farmers in agricultural production (days), logarithm | 3.458 | 3.524 |
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Explained variable | Pure technical efficiency of agricultural production | The pure technical efficiency of farmers’ agricultural production is calculated based on the BBC model | 0.192 | 0.236 |
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Key explanatory variables | Agricultural land confirmation | Whether to receive the contract management right certificate, yes = 1, no = 0 | 0.293 | 0.455 |
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Control variable | Average age | Average age of family members, unit, years | 40.467 | 14.049 |
Proportion of highly educated population | Proportion of the people with higher education or above | 0.152 | 0.214 |
The proportion of women | Proportion of women in household population | 0.478 | 0.158 |
Population | Household population, unit: the person | 4.316 | 1.696 |
Intergenerational work | Several generations working, none = 0; one generation = 1; two generations = 2; three or more generations = 3 | 1.021 | 0.735 |
Per capita income | Household per capita disposable income, unit: Yuan, logarithm | 8.629 | 0.912 |
Number of plots | Number of parcels owned by households | 3.541 | 2.489 |
Willingness to transfer land | Assign a value of 1 to 10. The lower the assignment, the greater the willingness to land inflow; the higher the assignment, the greater the willingness to land outflow | 6.531 | 2.016 |
Grain sowing proportion | Grains sown by farmers as a percentage of crop sown area | 0.711 | 0.276 |
Proportion of agricultural training | The number of people who have participated in agricultural training as a proportion of the labor force | 0.037 | 0.172 |
Agricultural machinery usage | In each link of household wheat production, the total and average proportion of agricultural machinery used | 0.530 | 0.186 |
Irrigation conditions | The irrigation conditions of the largest contracted land, assigned 1 to 4 in the order from poor to good | 1.790 | 1.015 |
Soil fertility | The soil conditions of the largest contracted land, assigned 1 to 5 in the order from poor to good | 2.858 | 0.810 |
Village terrain | The terrain where the village is located, mountain = 1; hills = 2; plains = 3 | 2.883 | 0.345 |
Distance | Distance from the village to the town government, unit: km | 4.244 | 4.395 |
Traffic conditions | Traffic conditions in this village, very poor = 1; poor = 2; average = 3; good = 4; very good = 5 | 3.035 | 0.903 |
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Region dummy variable | County dummy variable | County-level dummy variables | — | — |
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