[HTML][HTML] How digital skills affect farmers' agricultural entrepreneurship? An explanation from factor availability

C Cheng, Q Gao, K Ju, Y Ma - Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 2024 - Elsevier
Promoting rural household agricultural entrepreneurship is a key way to increase farmers'
income and achieve rural revitalization. In the growing digital economy, the ability to use the …

Digital revolution and rural family income: Evidence from China

X Leng - Journal of Rural Studies, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper considers the relationship between the digital revolution and the income of rural
households in China based on the difference-in-differences (DD) method. Using rich family …

Does Internet use help reduce rural cropland abandonment? Evidence from China

X Deng, D Xu, M Zeng, Y Qi - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Currently, food and nutrition insecurity remains a major problem for develo** countries.
Reducing cropland abandonment is one of the keys to ensuring food security. Thus, this …

Smartphone use and income growth in rural China: Empirical results and policy implications

W Ma, RQ Grafton, A Renwick - Electronic Commerce Research, 2020 - Springer
The diffusion of mobile information and communication technologies (ICTs) has important
implications for rural economic development. Many studies have investigated the potential …

The relationship between smartphone use and subjective well-being in rural China

P Nie, W Ma, A Sousa-Poza - Electronic Commerce Research, 2021 - Springer
Due to the popularization of the Internet in rural China, mobile Internet use has become an
essential part of rural residents' lives and work. No studies, however, have investigated the …

Smartphone-based information acquisition and wheat farm performance: insights from a doubly robust IPWRA estimator

H Zheng, W Ma - Electronic Commerce Research, 2023 - Springer
This study examines the impact of smartphone-based information acquisition on crop yields,
net returns, return on investment (ROI), and production costs, using survey data collected …

Mobile internet use and multidimensional poverty: Evidence from a household survey in rural China

L Yang, H Lu, S Wang, M Li - Social Indicators Research, 2021 - Springer
Although reducing poverty has become an important issue for rural development in China,
few studies have analyzed the role of mobile Internet use in multidimensional poverty. To fill …

Digital finance, entrepreneurship and the household income gap: evidence from China

D Hu, F Guo, C Zhai - Information Processing & Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Using three waves of data from the China Family Panel Studies and the Digital Financial
Inclusion Index of China, we analyze the relationship between digital finance …

Can agricultural insurance encourage farmers to apply biological pesticides? Evidence from rural China

L Tang, X Luo - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Based on the survey data from farmers in Hubei, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang provinces, this paper
constructs a theoretical model of the impact of agricultural insurance on farmers' biopesticide …

Determinants of household choice of cooking energy and the effect of clean cooking energy consumption on household members' health status: The case of rural …

MA Twumasi, Y Jiang, B Addai, D Asante, D Liu… - Sustainable Production …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines the determinants of the choice of cooking energy among households
and further focuses on the quantitative impact of clean cooking energy consumption on rural …