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农业经济与管理合辑Agricultural Economics and Management
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| Do cooperatives participation and technology adoption improve farmers’ welfare in China? A joint analysis accounting for selection bias |
YANG Dan1, ZHANG Hui-wei1, LIU Zi-min1, ZENG Qiao2 |
1 College of Economics and Management, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, P.R.China
2 School of Business, Chongqing College of Humanities, Science and Technology, Chongqing 401524, P.R.China |
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摘要
本文考察了中国农户参与合作社和农业技术采纳行为对其经济福利的影响。基于中国15个省份396个农户的微观调查数据，采用双选择模型(DSM)修正由可观测和不可观测因素引起的样本选择偏差，并采用倾向评分匹配(PSM)方法进行反事实分析，以计算农业收入差异。研究结果表明，相比不参与农民合作社、不采纳农业技术而言，农户参与农民合作社、采纳农业技术的农业收入分别增加2.77%和2.35%。有趣的是，与高收入农户相比，低收入农户参与农民合作社、采纳农业技术的农业收入分别高出5.45%和4.51%，且影响更为显著。这表明农民合作社和农业技术能够提升农户经济福利。在此基础上，本文进一步提出了相应的政策建议。
Abstract 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.
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Received: 14 February 2020
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| Fund: This study is supported by the Special Project of Major Theoretical Research and Interpretation of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission, China (19SKZDZX15), the Key Project of Humanities and Social Sciences Research of Chongqing Education Commission, China (18SKSJ003), the Funding for Cultivating Major Projects in Humanities and Social Sciences of Southwest University, China (SWU1809009). |
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Corresponding Authors:
Correspondence LIU Zi-min, E-mail: ziminliu@126.com
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| About author: YANG Dan, E-mail: zncdyd@163.com |
Cite this article:
YANG Dan, ZHANG Hui-wei, LIU Zi-min, ZENG Qiao .
2021.
Do cooperatives participation and technology adoption improve farmers’ welfare in China? A joint analysis accounting for selection bias. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 20(6): 1716-1726.
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