Do cooperatives participation and technology adoption improve farmers’ welfare in China? A joint analysis accounting for selection bias |
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Authors: | Dan YANG Hui-wei ZHANG Zi-min LIU Qiao ZENG |
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Institution: | 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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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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Keywords: | cooperatives double selectivity model propensity score matching sample selection bias technology adoption welfare improvement |
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