https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/548601
標題: | Does digitalization affect the objective and subjective wellbeing of forestry farm households? Empirical evidence in Fujian Province of China | 作者: | Hong, Y.-Z. HUNG-HAO CHANG |
關鍵字: | Benefit-cost analysis; Forestry farm household; Household income; Internet use; Life satisfaction | 公開日期: | 2020 | 卷: | 118 | 來源出版物: | Forest Policy and Economics | 摘要: | The economic development literature has documented the importance of internet access on farm household income. Despite this well-supported consensus, limited empirical evidence has been provided on forestry farms and on the relationship between internet access and household subjective wellbeing. This study fills this knowledge gap by identifying the determinants of internet use for forestry farm householders. In addition, this paper empirically assesses the association between internet use and the objective and subjective wellbeing of forestry farm households in rural China. Using a survey of forestry farm households in Fujian Province of China and applying the Instrumental Variable model to cope with potential endogeneity bias, we find that household size, labor use, human capital of the household head, and regional heterogeneity are important determinants of households' internet use decisions. Compared with non-internet users, internet-user households have 28% higher household income and 10% higher life satisfaction, ceteris paribus. Furthermore, the increase in household income is driven partly by using the internet for collecting information on either forest prices or production technology. From the perspective of benefit–cost analysis, we find that for every Chinese dollar spent on internet use, farm households' income increases by approximately 11 Chinese dollars. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85086438133&partnerID=40&md5=d364cff056310ef80f8205dd21e632cf https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/548601 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.forpol.2020.102236 | SDG/關鍵字: | Cost benefit analysis; Costs; Economic and social effects; Forestry; Timber; Ceteris paribus; Endogeneity bias; Fujian Province; Household income; Instrumental variables; Internet access; Internet users; Production technology; Electronic document exchange; China; Chinese; Costs; Forestry; Internet; Life; Production; Technology |
顯示於: | 農業經濟學系 |
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