Li Yuanyuan, Du Qianqian, Ma Guihua, Gazang Caidan
School of Economics and Management, Tibet University, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
PLoS One. 2025 Jan 24;20(1):e0317366. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0317366. eCollection 2025.
This study, grounded in the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) theoretical framework, examines the impact of digital infrastructure on the productivity of Tibet's cultural industry from 2011 to 2021. It aims to uncover how the innovative allocation of production factors can enhance new-quality productivity. The core aspect of new-quality productivity is the improvement of TFP, with digital infrastructure promoting the cultural industry's development by optimizing industrial agglomeration, improving logistics efficiency, and reducing the urban-rural consumption gap. The findings suggest that while digital infrastructure leads to geographic dispersion of the industry-challenging traditional industrial agglomeration theory-it significantly enhances the efficiency of the cultural industry within Tibet's unique socio-economic context. Moreover, despite the region's geographical constraints on logistics efficiency, digital platforms effectively reduce the urban-rural consumption gap, improving market access and the quality of cultural services in remote areas. Additionally, digital infrastructure helps bridge the digital divide between urban and rural areas, further fostering balanced regional consumption and digital inclusion. From a Total Factor Productivity perspective, this study reveals key pathways to improving new-quality productivity, offering both theoretical foundations for policymakers and practical guidance for the development of cultural industries in similarly structured regions.
本研究基于全要素生产率（TFP）理论框架，考察了2011年至2021年数字基础设施对西藏文化产业生产率的影响。其旨在揭示生产要素的创新配置如何能够提高新型优质生产率。新型优质生产率的核心在于全要素生产率的提升，数字基础设施通过优化产业集聚、提高物流效率以及缩小城乡消费差距来推动文化产业发展。研究结果表明，虽然数字基础设施导致产业的地理分散——这对传统产业集聚理论提出了挑战——但在西藏独特的社会经济背景下，它显著提高了文化产业的效率。此外，尽管该地区的地理条件对物流效率存在限制，但数字平台有效地缩小了城乡消费差距，改善了偏远地区的市场准入和文化服务质量。此外，数字基础设施有助于弥合城乡之间的数字鸿沟，进一步促进区域消费平衡和数字包容。从全要素生产率的角度来看，本研究揭示了提高新型优质生产率的关键途径，为政策制定者提供了理论基础，并为结构相似地区的文化产业发展提供了实践指导。
