provide an assessment of the causes of efficiency variation. Design/methodology/approach – A stochastic frontier production … average about two-thirds of the chemical fertilizers utilized are excessive in China. This has serious consequences as the …

-agricultural production in urban China was discussed in line with the authors' research findings, as this has important impacts on the …Purpose – This paper aims to contribute to the pool of studies of rural underemployment in China. It is devoted to the … estimated by the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) with China's prefecture-level data. Surplus labour or inefficient labour is …