Do cooperatives participation and technology adoption improve farmers' welfare in China? A joint analysis accounting for selection bias
| Autor: | Zi-min Liu, Hui-wei Zhang, Qiao Zeng, Dan Yang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
media_common.quotation_subject Agriculture (General) Public policy Plant Science 01 natural sciences Biochemistry S1-972 Food Animals China media_common Selection bias Ecology Public economics Agricultural machinery propensity score matching business.industry welfare improvement 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences double selectivity model technology adoption Agriculture sample selection bias Propensity score matching 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Survey data collection Animal Science and Zoology business Agronomy and Crop Science Welfare 010606 plant biology & botany Food Science cooperatives |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Integrative Agriculture, Vol 20, Iss 6, Pp 1716-1726 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2095-3119 |
| Popis: | This study examines the impact of farmers' cooperatives participation and technology adoption on their economic welfare in China. A double selectivity model (DSM) is applied to correct for sample selection bias stemming from both observed and unobserved factors, and a propensity score matching (PSM) method is applied to calculate the agricultural income difference with counter factual analysis using survey data from 396 farmers in 15 provinces in China. The findings indicate that farmers who join farmer cooperatives and adopt agricultural technology can increase agricultural income by 2.77 and 2.35%, respectively, compared with those non-participants and non-adopters. Interestingly, the effect on agricultural income is found to be more significant for the low-income farmers than the high-income ones, with income increasing 5.45 and 4.51% when participating in farmer cooperatives and adopting agricultural technology, respectively. Our findings highlight the positive role of farmer cooperatives and agricultural technology in promoting farmers’ economic welfare. Based on the findings, government policy implications are also discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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