Can government informatization construction curb land resource misallocation? Evidence from China

IF 9.7 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL

Journal of Cleaner Production Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145793

Yongchao Wu , Yanan Liu , Li Liu

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Abstract

Land resource misallocation (LRM) has long posed a significant obstacle to healthy and sustainable city development. Government informatization construction (GIC) offers a novel opportunity to address this challenge. This study leverages the information benefiting people pilot policy (IBPPP) that the Chinese government implemented in 2014 as a quasi-natural experiment. Using panel data pertaining to the period between 2007 and 2019 from 278 prefecture-level cities in China, this study employs a difference-in-differences (DID) model to empirically examine GIC's impact and the mechanisms by which it affects urban LRM while also exploring heterogeneous effects. The results demonstrate that GIC significantly mitigates urban LRM, a finding that is robust to several sensitivity tests. Mechanism analysis reveals that GIC reduces LRM via two pathways: by promoting marketization and by facilitating industrial structure upgrading. Heterogeneity analysis further indicates that the effects of GIC vary across different urban locations, population sizes, and degrees of marketization. This study offers valuable insights that can support land informatization initiatives in developing countries, particularly China.

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政府信息化建设能否遏制土地资源错配？来自中国的证据

土地资源错配一直是影响城市健康可持续发展的重要因素。政府信息化建设为应对这一挑战提供了新的机遇。本研究利用2014年中国政府实施的信息惠民试点政策（IBPPP）作为准自然实验。本研究利用2007年至2019年中国278个地级市的面板数据，采用差异中的差异（DID）模型，实证检验了GIC的影响及其影响城市LRM的机制，同时探索了异质性效应。结果表明，GIC显著减轻了城市LRM，这一发现对几个敏感性测试是稳健的。机制分析表明，GIC通过促进市场化和促进产业结构升级两种途径降低LRM。异质性分析进一步表明，GIC的有效性因地理位置和人口规模而异，东部地区和小城市的效益更大。这项研究提供了宝贵的见解，可以支持发展中国家，特别是中国的土地信息化举措。

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Journal of Cleaner Production 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

20.40

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9.00%

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4720

审稿时长

111 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Cleaner Production is an international, transdisciplinary journal that addresses and discusses theoretical and practical Cleaner Production, Environmental, and Sustainability issues. It aims to help societies become more sustainable by focusing on the concept of 'Cleaner Production', which aims at preventing waste production and increasing efficiencies in energy, water, resources, and human capital use. The journal serves as a platform for corporations, governments, education institutions, regions, and societies to engage in discussions and research related to Cleaner Production, environmental, and sustainability practices.