Study on the Measurement of Green Total Factor Productivity in Cities

  • HongYu Zhi, Bing Cao, Zhan Gao, Guanyi Zhang

Abstract

This paper usesMalmquist index in data envelopment analysis to measure green total factor productivity (TFP) of Chinese cities by constructing input and output indexes and taking 281 Chinesecities as research samples.The study found that the green total factor productivity of Chinese cities increased by 2.4% on average, but the growth rate showed a slowing trend.A total of 194 cities achieved green total factor productivity improvement, accounting for 69.9% of the sample cities.Among them, technological change is the main driving force for the growth of green total factor productivity. The improvement of technological efficiency has no obvious effect on the improvement of green total factor productivity, which restricts the further improvement of green total factor productivity.

Published
2020-12-01
How to Cite
HongYu Zhi, Bing Cao, Zhan Gao, Guanyi Zhang. (2020). Study on the Measurement of Green Total Factor Productivity in Cities. Design Engineering, 596 - 603. https://doi.org/10.17762/de.vi.1105
Section
Articles