| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| The Impact of Safety Nets on Technology Adoption: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis | |
| Yonas Alem; Nzinga H. Broussard | |
| 发表日期 | 2016-04-18 |
| 出版年 | 2016 |
| 页码 | EfD DP 16-13 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | This paper contributes to a growing body of empirical literature relating credit constraints and incomplete insurance to investment decisions. We use panel data from rural Ethiopia to investigate whether participation in a safety net program enhances fertilizer adoption. Using a diff erence-in-di fference estimator and inverse propensity score weighting, we find that participation in Ethiopia's food-for-work (FFW) program increased fertilizer adoption. Results also indicate that the intensity of fertilizer usage increased with livestock holdings for food-for-work-participant households, providing some evidence that the intervention helped asset-rich farm households more than asset-poor households. We fi nd no significant e ffects of free distribution on fertilizer adoption or intensi fication. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that safety nets can be viewed as mechanisms that allow households to take on more risk to pursue higher pro ts. The paper highlights important policy implications related to the inter-related dynamics of safety nets and extension services that aim at promoting productivity-enhancing modern agricultural technologies. |
| URL | http://www.rff.org/research/publications/impact-safety-nets-technology-adoption-difference-differences-analysis |
| 来源智库 | Resources for the Future (United States) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/41439 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Yonas Alem,Nzinga H. Broussard. The Impact of Safety Nets on Technology Adoption: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis. 2016. |
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