Joint Adoption of Microcomputer Technologies: An Analysis of Farmers' Decisions
用计量方法分析农民在采用微型计算机和购买计算机服务上的联合决策，发现教育、年龄、非农工作等特征显著影响采用概率，且采用多发生在能大幅提升效率的农场。
This study presents an econometric examination of the joint decisions of farmers on the adoption of a microcomputer and (or) purchased computers services. The characteristics of a farmer--schooling, age, off-farm work--are shown to be important variables for explaining the odds of adopting purchased computers services only, a microcomputer only, and both computer technologies. Adoption of computer technologies seems to occur in farming operations where they can be expected to greatly enhance the efficiency. Copyright 1991 by MIT Press.