Fig 1.
Specific theoretical analysis framework of the impact of rural population aging on agricultural carbon emissions.
Table 1.
Carbon sources, carbon emission factors and sources in the plantation industry.
Table 2.
Variable definitions and descriptive statistics.
Fig 2.
Changes in carbon emissions from cultivation in 31 provinces and regions nationwide, 2010–2019.
Fig 3.
Changes in the ageing of the rural population in 31 provinces and districts nationwide, 2010–2019.
Table 3.
Baseline regression results.
Table 4.
Average values of rural population aging, agricultural technical efficiency, and carbon emission intensity of plantation by region, 2010–2019.
Table 5.
Regression results of the masking effect model.
Table 6.
Endogeneity test results.
Table 7.
Results of the reduced-tail regression.