Education and Innovation Adoption in Agriculture: Evidence from Hybrid Rice in China
以中国杂交水稻推广为例，用湖南500农户数据检验教育对新技术采纳的影响，发现教育有正向作用。
Abstract This paper uses the diffusion of F 1 hybrid rice as a case for examining the effects of education on the adoption of new technology in China. A simple behavioral model that treats the adoption of hybrid rice as a portfolio selection problem is presented. The implications of the model are tested with farm‐level data collected from a sample of 500 households in Hunan Province. The results from a dichotomous probit model and a two‐limit tobit model are consistent with the hypothesis that education has a positive impact on the adoption of new technology.