退耕还林政策作为我国政府投资最多、受惠群众最广的一项生态建设工程，旨在对农户进行生态补偿，缓解其资金约束，促进其农业生产及非农就业，实现可持续生计，从而达成贫困缓解与生态恢复的双赢目标。本书以黄土高原地区部分参与农户为样本，综合运用数据包络分析、内生转换模型等方法。探讨影响农户农业生产、农户家庭经营效率及生产率的因素。重点关注退耕还林政策措施的作用及其机制，并提出相应政策建议。

李莉，1980年3月生于湖北省大悟县，于2001年和2004年分别获得北京师范大学理学学士和硕士学位，2010年获得日本国立鸟取大学国家级重点实验室干旱地区研究中心博士学位。硕、博士毕业后先后就职于北京社科院中国总部经济研究中心、日本国立鸟取大学、美国夏威夷大学等单位，承担研究助理、特别研究员（博士后）、访问学者等职。2013年开始正式就职于北京大学深圳研究生院城市规划与设计学院，担任助理教授，研究方向为区域经济、经济地理、资源环境管理等。主持国家自然科学基金1项，主持国土资源公益性行业科研专项分课题1项；在国内外知名期刊上发表学术论文近20篇，代表性论文见诸于《地理科学》《地理研究》《人文地理》《经济地理》《国际城市规划》等刊。

Chapter 1 General Introduction
1.1 Poverty -Environment Nexus in Less Favored Areas
1.2 Unsustainable Development on the Loess Plateau
1.3 The Launch of the Grain for Green Program
1.4 Literature Review on GfG
1.4.1 Impact Analysis of GfG on Agricultural Production and Rural Livelihoods
1.4.2 Mechanism of the Impact of GfG on Agricultural Production and Rural Livelihoods
1.5 Objectives of the Book
1.6 Organization of the Book
Chapter 2 Justification of Productivity, Efficiency Analysis under the Context of GfG
2.1 Productivity and Efficiency
2.1.1 Productivity
2.1.2 Efficiency
2.2 Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods
2.3 Justification of Productivity and Efficiency Analysis under the Context of GfG for the Sake of Sustainable
Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods
Chapter 3 General Description of the Study Area
Chapter 4 Agricultural TFP and Efficiency Change Induced by GfG
4.1 Specific Objectives
4.2 Methods
4.2.1 Malmquist TFP Index
4.2.2 Data Envelopment Analysis
4.3 Model and Data
4.3.1 Inputs and Outputs for Agricultural TFP Change Estimation, Decomposition and the Explanatory Variables
4.3.2 Descriptive Statistics of the Data
4.4 Results and Discussions
4.4.1 Agricultural TFP Change,Technological Growth,and TE Change
4.4.2 Technical Efficieney in 1999 and 2007
4.4.3 Determinants of TFP Change,Technological Growth, and TE Change
4.5 Conclusions
Chapter 5 Farm Efficiency and Its Determinant Factors
5.1 Specific Objectives
5.2 Methods
5.2.1 Estimation of Efficiencies:PTE,TE,CE,SE and AE
5.2.2 Second - stage Regression Analysis
5.3 Model and Data
5.3.1 Inputs and Outputs for Farm Efficiencies Estimation and the Explanatory Variables
5.3.2 Descriptive Statistics of the Data
5.4 Results and Discussions
5.4.1 Farm Efficiencies
5.4.2 Determinants of Farm Efficiencies
5.5 Conclusions
Chapter 6 Determinant of Off -farm Employment and Household Welfare
6.1 Specific Objectives
6.2 Methods
6.2.1 Analytical Framework
6.2.2 Estimation Strategy
6.3 Model and Data
6.3.1 Empirical Model Specification
6.3.2 Descriptive Statistics of the Data
6.4 Results and Discussions
6.4.1 Determinants of Household Members' Off - farm Participation
6.4.2 Determinants of Household Welfare in the Setting of GfG
6.4.3 Impact of Off - farm Employment on Household Welfare
6.5 Conclusions
Chapter 7 Farm -household Technical Efficiency and Its Determinant Factors
7.1 Specific Objectives
7.2 Methods
7.2.1 Household Technical Efficiency Estimation
7.2.2 Second - stage Regression Analysis
7.3 Model and Data
7.3.1 Inputs and Outputs for Household Efficiency Estimation and the Explanatory Variables
7.3.2 Descriptive Statistics of the Data
7.4 Results and Discussions
7.4.1 Household Technical Efficiency
7.4.2 Determinants of Farm Household Technical Efficiency
7.5 Conclusions
Chapter 8 Discussion,General Conclusion and Policy Implications
8.1 Main Findings, Conclusions and Policy Implications
8.2 Contributions and Limitations of the Book
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