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Table 2 Data description and descriptive statistics

From: Carbon sequestration costs and spatial spillover effects in China's collective forests

Variable

Unit

Obs

Mean

Std

Carbon sequestration cost

CNY/tco2e

870

32.382

35.381

Forestry GDP

billion

870

84.612

97.493

Wood production

104tons

870

251.021

322.912

Afforestation area

hm

870

197.821

175.024

Labor price

CNY

870

4000

3700

Land use opportunity costs

CNY

870

26,000

24,000

Rural residents’ consumption

CNY

870

6476

6843

Forest stock

104m3

870

20,000

24,000

Population density

people/km2

870

421.011

593.521