Research Article

[Retracted] The Impact of Agricultural Land Rights Policy on the Pure Technical Efficiency of Farmers’ Agricultural Production: Evidence from the Largest Wheat Planting Environment in China

Table 1

Variable definitions and statistical description.

VariablesDefinitionsMeanStd. dev

Output indicatorGross family farming outputThe total value of agricultural products produced by farmers (Yuan), logarithm8.9931.053

Input indicatorFarmland management scaleThe farmer’s land management area after deducting abandoned tillage (mu), logarithm1.9690.780
Agricultural economic inputThe farmer’s total input in agricultural production (Yuan), logarithm7.5930.892
Agricultural production timeThe total time spent by farmers in agricultural production (days), logarithm3.4583.524

Explained variablePure technical efficiency of agricultural productionThe pure technical efficiency of farmers’ agricultural production is calculated based on the BBC model0.1920.236

Key explanatory variablesAgricultural land confirmationWhether to receive the contract management right certificate, yes = 1, no = 00.2930.455

Control variableAverage ageAverage age of family members, unit, years40.46714.049
Proportion of highly educated populationProportion of the people with higher education or above0.1520.214
The proportion of womenProportion of women in household population0.4780.158
PopulationHousehold population, unit: the person4.3161.696
Intergenerational workSeveral generations working, none = 0; one generation = 1; two generations = 2; three or more generations = 31.0210.735
Per capita incomeHousehold per capita disposable income, unit: Yuan, logarithm8.6290.912
Number of plotsNumber of parcels owned by households3.5412.489
Willingness to transfer landAssign 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 outflow6.5312.016
Grain sowing proportionGrains sown by farmers as a percentage of crop sown area0.7110.276
Proportion of agricultural trainingThe number of people who have participated in agricultural training as a proportion of the labor force0.0370.172
Agricultural machinery usageIn each link of household wheat production, the total and average proportion of agricultural machinery used0.5300.186
Irrigation conditionsThe irrigation conditions of the largest contracted land, assigned 1 to 4 in the order from poor to good1.7901.015
Soil fertilityThe soil conditions of the largest contracted land, assigned 1 to 5 in the order from poor to good2.8580.810
Village terrainThe terrain where the village is located, mountain = 1; hills = 2; plains = 32.8830.345
DistanceDistance from the village to the town government, unit: km4.2444.395
Traffic conditionsTraffic conditions in this village, very poor = 1; poor = 2; average = 3; good = 4; very good = 53.0350.903

Region dummy variableCounty dummy variableCounty-level dummy variables