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Impact of stocking rate on dairy productivity: An unconditional quantile regression for panel data
This paper analyzes the effects of stocking rate on dairy production, using New Zealand dairy farm business data for the period 2005-2014. Unlike previous studies that assume a homogenous relationship between stocking rate ...
Impact of cooperative membership on technical efficiency of apple farmers in China
(2018-11)
This study examines the impact of agricultural cooperative membership on technical efficiency (TE) of apple farmers in China. We make novel contributions to the literature by employing a recently developed selectivity-corrected ...
Machinery use, pesticide use behaviours and farmers' health conditions in China: A casual mediation analysis
The adverse effects of pesticides on the health of farmers have also been well documented, this article focused on how to reduce the harmful effects of pesticides on health with agricultural mechanization. Give the common ...
Can rural households purchase happiness online? Evidence from China
This study investigates the impact of mobile payment use on happiness, using the 2017 Chinese General Social Survey data. We employ the conditional mixed process model to address the selection bias issue. The results show ...
Impacts of smartphone use on agrochemical use among wheat farmers in China: A heterogeneous analysis
This study examines the impacts of mobile information technology adoption on agrochemical expenditures, using data collected from 551 wheat farmers in China. Unlike previous studies that analyze a homogeneous relationship ...
Nexus between off-farm work and machinery service use: Insights from rural China
The purpose of this study is to investigate the interactive relationship between non-farm employment and mechanization service expenditure.We employ an innovative two-stage probit least squares (2SPLS) model to analyze the ...
Household energy choice for cooking: Do rural income growth and ethnic difference play a role?
This paper investigates the associations between rural income growth, ethnic differences, and household cooking fuel choice, using the 2016 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey Data. We consider the presence of fuel-stacking ...
Does ICT adoption promote more pro-environmental actions among Chinese?
(2020-06)
Environmental sustainability strongly depends on human behaviours. This study explores whether the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by Chinese people promotes their pro-environmental behaviours ...
Does smartphone use contribute to the consumption upgrading among rural residents in China?
(2020-06)
Although the effects of smartphone use have been widely examined in the literature, little is known about its impact on people’s consumption in China. To fill in this gap, this paper examines whether smartphone use play ...
Heterogeneous effects of internet use and adoption of sustainable production practices on rural incomes: Evidence from China
(2020-06)
Relatively little is known about the association between Internet use and environmentally-friendly agricultural innovation adoption. To fill this void, this study examines the impact of Internet use on the adoption of ...