Matheus Pereira Libório, Helena Teixeira Magalhães Soares, Caio Cesar Soares Gonçalves, Marcos Flávio Silveira Vasconcelos D'Angelo, Petr Iakovlevitch Ekel
{"title":"Capturing and representing the multidimensionality of welfare through structural equation modeling and a goal-based composite indicator with multiple constraints","authors":"Matheus Pereira Libório, Helena Teixeira Magalhães Soares, Caio Cesar Soares Gonçalves, Marcos Flávio Silveira Vasconcelos D'Angelo, Petr Iakovlevitch Ekel","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102409","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102409","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the concept of multidimensional welfare, which encompasses multiple aspects across various dimensions. The study introduces an approach that combines ranking normalization, structural equation modeling, and a new method for constructing composite indicators. This approach enables improved differentiation of welfare levels, confirming the multidimensional nature of welfare and representing it through a readily understandable unidimensional measure. This innovative approach fills a gap in methodologies by considering the interrelationships between dimensions, avoiding aggregating dimensions that carry little information into the composite indicator, ensuring the composite indicator's multidimensionality, and avoiding making it predominantly explained by a single dimension. Other advantages of this approach include a rigorous explanation of the conceptual framework of multidimensional welfare, avoiding the assignment of equal weights to the dimensions due to the lack of a clear and consistent weighting scheme, and providing transparency in the objective definition of dimension weights. The results indicate that government efforts to provide social services and protection are insufficient to improve welfare levels in the poorest municipalities. Governments should not allocate resources solely to social assistance and protection; instead, they should generate employment and income opportunities and promote digital inclusion, leisure, culture, and sports. In addition to contributing to the welfare literature and informing the formulation of more effective social policies, this study advances the composite indicators literature by offering an innovative weighting scheme that ensures conceptual compatibility and preserves the composite's multidimensionality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102409"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145839907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shiqing Liu , Minyi He , Qian Zhou , Jun Ma , Zhen Zhao
{"title":"Research on the efficiency of technology transfer in Chinese universities from the perspective of supply and demand","authors":"Shiqing Liu , Minyi He , Qian Zhou , Jun Ma , Zhen Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102382","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102382","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The primary challenge in China's university technology transfer ecosystem lies in the misalignment between technological achievement supply and market demand. Compounded by regional economic disparities across China's vast territory, significant variations exist in technology transfer performance among universities in different geographical areas. This study employs DEAP2.1 software to implement both the BCC model and the Malmquist index method, enabling comprehensive static and dynamic efficiency evaluations of decision-making units (DMUs) - an innovative approach that addresses current research gaps. Focusing on 31 Chinese mainland regions categorized into four economic zones (eastern, central, western, and northeastern), our analysis reveals the eastern region demonstrates superior supply-demand matching efficiency, while central and western regions exhibit suboptimal resource allocation and lagging technological advancement. Most regions require substantial improvement in technological innovation capacity on the demand side. These findings suggest the need for region-specific policy interventions: Eastern regions may benefit from optimization strategies, whereas central and western regions require transformative policies emphasizing resource reallocation and innovation enhancement. This research contributes both theoretical and practical insights for improving China's technology transfer effectiveness, while offering valuable implications for other economies facing similar developmental challenges.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102382"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145683318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal resource allocation estimation of agricultural sustainable systems based on inverse network DEA","authors":"Jiqiang Zhao , Lijun Cheng , Xianhua Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102410","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102410","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sustainable agricultural systems are crucial for balancing food security and ecological protection. This study develops a two-stage inverse network data envelopment analysis (DEA) model that incorporates shared inputs and undesirable outputs to evaluate and optimize resource allocation in agricultural production and pollution control. Using data from 31 Chinese provinces (2010–2023), the model estimates optimal resource allocation strategies under constant-efficiency and efficiency-improvement scenarios. Results indicate that although system efficiency is generally improving, notable regional disparities remain. Under constant efficiency, achieving a 5 % output increase requires substantial input growth, particularly in pesticides, whereas efficiency improvement reduces overall inputs by an average of 5.84 %, indicating the role of technological progress in resource conservation. The proposed framework represents a dynamic and practical tool for policymakers to design targeted, forward-looking strategies for sustainable agriculture.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102410"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145839906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xingjie Yang , Yihang Hu , Huseyin Caliskan , Zhenhong Qi , Qiang Liu
{"title":"Labor endowment, productive services and farmers' adoption of ecological agriculture: Taking rice-crayfish co-culture model as an example","authors":"Xingjie Yang , Yihang Hu , Huseyin Caliskan , Zhenhong Qi , Qiang Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102412","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102412","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Despite growing emphasis on ecological agriculture, limited attention has been examined how labor endowment and productive services to shape farmers' adoption decisions. This study investigates the synergistic role of labor endowment and productive services in adopting the rice-crayfish co-culture model, using 2023 survey data from small-scale farmers in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The results show that labor endowment is a key driver of adoption. Both labor quantity and labor quality increase the likelihood of adoption, by 17.5 % and 3.1 % per additional unit, respectively. Productive services further strengthen these effects. Seedling provision and agricultural supply services mainly amplify the effect of labor quality endowment, while planting and disease prevention services reinforce the overall influence of labor endowment. Marketing services play a distinctive role in enhancing the contribution of labor quality to adoption behavior. Heterogeneity analysis reveals that the positive impact of labor endowment is considerably stronger among production oriented farmers, new business subjects, large-scale grain growers, and farmers with better cultivated land conditions than among subsistence and small-scale farmers. Mechanism analysis shows that labor endowment promotes adoption mainly by improving farmers' ability to learn and master ecological production technologies. The study advances theoretical understanding by demonstrating that productive services in complex ecological agricultural systems operate under a complementarity logic, rather than functioning as substitutes for household labor. These findings provide new empirical evidence on the multidimensional mechanisms linking labor endowment, service provision, and ecological technology adoption.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102412"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145884087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ali Emrouznejad, Dima Rachid Jamali, Panagiotis D. Zervopoulos
{"title":"Special issue on analytical models and AI for sustainable development – Enhancing decision-making","authors":"Ali Emrouznejad, Dima Rachid Jamali, Panagiotis D. Zervopoulos","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102402","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102402","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102402"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146173226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Operational performance of urban real estate in China: An additive network DEA model","authors":"Hao Zhang , Wattanaporn Nalinrat , Rong Xiang , Anyu Yu , Yue Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102414","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102414","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The real estate industry encompasses sequential sub-processes in operations, including land acquisition, house construction, and house sales and rentals. Investigating the sub-process structure of real estate operations is essential to demystifying and improving the overall operational performance. This study proposes an additive network DEA model to estimate the process-oriented performance of urban real estate operations and capture hidden sub-process performance. The sequential linear programming method is used to address the model's nonlinearity. We further explore the impact of operational performance on housing prices to identify the main underlying driver of China's booming real estate market. The proposed model is applied to assess the operational performance of Chinese urban real estate markets over the past decade. The empirical findings reveal that: (1) performance losses may stem from weaknesses in the housing construction process, with significant improvement potential in overall operational and sub-process performance in most cities. (2) Enhanced performance in the construction process can fuel short-term housing prices increases during market booms. (3) Higher real estate operational performance may initially raise housing prices but ultimately inhibit them in the long term due to limited market demand. Our proposed method framework proves to be an effective tool for policymakers to design wise operational plans for improving real estate operational performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102414"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145976771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Context-rich data sets for school operations models and methods","authors":"Aysu Ozel , Karen Smilowitz","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102406","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102406","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In transportation and logistics problems, such as the traveling salesman problem or the vehicle routing problem, the geographic distribution of nodes can significantly impact both the solutions obtained and the performance of solution approaches. Therefore, it is common for researchers to share test instances for meaningful comparisons. In some contexts, this is more challenging when data are protected and cannot be shared. This is particularly true for transportation and logistics problems found in public school operations. Despite growing literature, proposed models and solution approaches are rarely compared across papers because data protection regulations prohibit sharing data. At the same time, randomly generated data can miss critical patterns existing in reality that may impact equitable access to education. In this paper, we introduce a framework to create context-rich data sets for school operations models and methods based on publicly available data that reflect public school district characteristics in the United States.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102406"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145790383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does artificial intelligence promote disruptive innovation in SRDI enterprises: Evidence from LLM-based text analysis","authors":"Xu Zhang , Zhongmin Yan , Abdul Rauf","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2026.102416","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2026.102416","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the wave of digital transformation, whether artificial intelligence (AI) can drive disruptive innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has become an important research question. Using data on China's “Specialized, Refined, Distinctive, and Innovative” (SRDI) enterprises from 2014 to 2024, this paper measures the penetration level of AI in enterprises based on large language models (LLMs) text analysis methods, and constructs a large-scale patent text corpus to derive a disruptive innovation index. Results show that the AI adoption significantly enhances the disruptive innovation level of SRDI enterprises, and the conclusion still holds true after robustness tests. Mechanism analysis reveals that AI promotes disruptive innovation by optimizing human capital structures, increasing R&D investment, and facilitating access to policy support. The positive effect of AI on disruptive innovation is stronger for enterprises in eastern regions and high-technology sectors. This study deepens understanding of how AI drives disruptive innovation and provides implications for intelligent manufacturing development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102416"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145976773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The era of AI: Technological change, data protection, and inter-industry wage inequality","authors":"Tailong Li , Jinmeng Shi","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2026.102420","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2026.102420","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper develops a theoretical model to analyze how artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes inter-industry wage inequality and how data protection influences the reshape. Moving beyond skill- and task-based models, we conceptualize production as an instruction-based process using machines, data, and labor. By introducing a novel taxonomy of personal- and enterprise-data-intensive sectors, we demonstrate that the ratio of data costs between these sectors is the primary driver of wage inequality, rather than the relative labor supply. This “data cost effect” can explain several puzzling phenomena in the labor market, including the wage divergence among similarly skilled workers and the unexpected resilience of certain low-skill services. Furthermore, we show that stringent data protection and privacy legislation naturally increases the cost of personal data, thereby suppressing wages in sectors that rely on it. Our study establishes a theoretical connection between data governance and wage inequality, offering a new framework for understanding income distribution in the era of AI.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102420"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146022390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Margarida R. Santos , Sofia Kalakou , Fernando A.F. Ferreira
{"title":"Mapping research achievements on urban air mobility: A systematic literature review","authors":"Margarida R. Santos , Sofia Kalakou , Fernando A.F. Ferreira","doi":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102392","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.seps.2025.102392","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is a promising component of future mobility systems. To ensure its smooth and viable implementation, it is crucial that authorities, organizations, public services and stakeholders in general consider not only economic aspects but also environmental, safety and socio-economic factors through a holistic approach. However, the current literature primarily focuses on specific subtopics of UAM individually, failing to address the topic in an integrated and comprehensive manner. This study aims to overcome this limitation by conducting a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) on UAM, analyzing a database of 129 articles published between 2017 and 2023. Specifically, a bibliographic coupling analysis and a Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) were performed. The results include a list of 150 indicators used to assess environmental, safety and socio-economic impacts of UAM, as well as the identification of four core thematic clusters: (1) <em>UAM Technology and its Sustainability</em>; (2) <em>Environmental Assessment</em>; (3) <em>Traffic Management for the Airspace Industry</em>; and (4) <em>Passenger Transport and Demand Management</em>. The findings of this research complement existing literature and contribute to the development of the field by shedding light on UAM’s key stakeholders, impacts and the indicators used to assess these impacts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22033,"journal":{"name":"Socio-economic Planning Sciences","volume":"104 ","pages":"Article 102392"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145790464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}