Original title: Can Farmers’ Participation in E-Commerce Promote Common Prosperity? An Empirical Analysis Based on Survey Data of Farmers in 10 Chinese Provinces
Researchers compare survey data from farm households in 10 Chinese provinces to examine how joining e-commerce businesses relates to common prosperityA broad goal of shared economic well-being; the abstract does not give its exact measurement.. They find a positive link, including among households with different income and education levels. The estimated effect is larger for low-income households and households with less schooling. The study points to better access to loans and information as two ways e-commerce may help.
Imagine a small shop deciding to sell its goods online. Reaching more buyers may help, but the shop also needs useful information and a way to get credit. In this paper, selling online is the shop’s new route to customers, while improved access to credit and information are the other changes linked to greater shared well-being.
For farmers with lower incomes or less education, selling through e-commerce is associated with a larger estimated improvement in common prosperity. The study points to two possible reasons: better access to rural credit and better access to information.
The abstract reports survey-based empirical findings and robustness checks, but does not give the exact measure of common prosperity, the size of the estimated effects, or details of how participation and the two pathways are measured. It does not establish whether the findings apply beyond the sampled households and provinces.
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Can Farmers’ Participation in E-Commerce Promote Common Prosperity? An Empirical Analysis Based on Survey Data of Farmers in 10 Chinese Provinces — Mingyang Yin, Yan Yan, Xiudong Wang — Agriculture — doi:10.3390/agriculture16192164
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