Research On The Impact Of Open Government Data On Total Factor Productivity

Since the USA took the lead in implementing open government data at the national level in 2009,this government-led movement aimed at establishing an open and transparent government governance model has rapidly spread around the world,and has been enriched in the process.With the maturation of digital technology and the development of digital economy,open government data has evolved as one of the important means to solve the current challenges of economic development and social governance.The important task of open data sharing was proposed in the national big data strategy established in China in 2015,and the State Council’s institutional reform program adopted at the 14 th National People’s Congress this year decided to establish a national data bureau,highlighting the importance the government attaches to data management and the important fundamental role of data resources for economic and social development.Many scholars have conducted extensive research on open government data from various perspectives,such as economic,social,governmental,legal and technical,among which there are many research results on the economic value of open government data and its impact on macroeconomic development.Currently,China’s economic development is transforming to high quality,mainly focusing on improving the total factor productivity of the economy,but existing studies have ignored the role of open government data on total factor productivity.Therefore,it is important to study how open government data affects total factor productivity and provide empirical evidence for the development of digital economy to promote China’s economic shift to high-quality development.First,the research background and current status of research on open government data and total factor productivity are outlined based on existing literature,and the origin and development of related concepts and theories are stated.Secondly,the mechanism of the effect of open government data on total factor productivity is analyzed in depth with the technical and economic characteristics of data elements.The results of the theoretical study show that the effect of open government data on total factor productivity can be divided into direct and indirect effects.Among them,the direct impact means that open government data can promote total factor productivity by enhancing the level of innovation and optimizing the efficiency of factor allocation;the indirect impact is analyzed from the source of total factor productivity,and it is argued that open government data can promote technological progress and technical efficiency improvement,which in turn promotes total factor productivity.Then,the total factor productivity of 19 major cities in China is measured using the DEA-Malmquist index method,and then the resource allocation efficiency of each city in all years is measured using the production function method to provide the basic data for the empirical part.Finally,the results of the theoretical analysis of this paper were verified empirically using the multi-temporal dual variance analysis method.It is found that open government data can significantly promote total factor productivity improvement,and its total effect is about 4.95%;the contribution of pure technical efficiency improvement to total factor productivity improvement is above 80%,but the effect of technical progress and scale efficiency improvement to promote total factor productivity improvement is not significant;the mediating effect of improving innovation level and optimizing factor allocation efficiency occupies more than 50% of the total effect of promoting total factor productivity.