文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：The Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961) and farm households' adoption of technology: evidence from China*

作者：Hu, Xinyan[1];Chen, Xiangpo[1];Yao, Siqi[1];Zhang, Gaiqing[2]

第一作者：Hu, Xinyan

通讯作者：Hu, XY[1]

机构：[1]South China Agr Univ, Natl Sch Agr Inst & Dev, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, Peoples R China;[2]Henan Univ Econ & Law, Zhengzhou 450000, Henan, Peoples R China

第一机构：South China Agr Univ, Natl Sch Agr Inst & Dev, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, Peoples R China

通讯机构：[1]corresponding author), South China Agr Univ, Natl Sch Agr Inst & Dev, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, Peoples R China.

年份：2022

卷号：66

期号：1

起止页码：93-117

外文期刊名：AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS

收录：;WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000675140300001)，SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000675140300001)】；

语种：英文

外文关键词：difference in differences; famine; mediating effect analysis; risk preferences; technology adoption

摘要：The diffusion of new technology is an important driver of agricultural development, especially in the developing world. In this research, we follow the persistence of major historical events, employing a difference-in-differences method to carefully examine the long-term effect of China's 1959-1961 famine on farm households' current decisions to adopt technology. Further, we combine a mediating regression procedure with a bootstrap method to explore the mechanism of impact in this relationship. Overall, this study provides strong empirical evidence that the Great Famine attenuated technology adoption; moreover, a 1% increase in exposure to famine in childhood and adolescence resulted in a 0.137% decrease in the probability of technology adoption when controlling for village dummies. An analysis of mediating effects reveals that risk preferences account for the channel of famine persistence.