Wanglin Ma
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3728301 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Wanglin Ma |
| PRENOMES | Wanglin |
| SOBRENOME | Ma |
| ASSINATURA | MA W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Lincoln University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7847-8459 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 142 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2027 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Emotional and physical burdens of water poverty
Access to safe and reliable drinking water remains uneven across sub-Saharan Africa, yet existing evidence largely focuses on health outcomes and binary measures of access, overlooking how different service levels affect everyday well-being. This study examines how the water service ladder shapes the emotional and physical burdens of water poverty and whether these effects differ by household head gender in Mozambique. Using nationally representa…
Factors influencing smartphone usage of rural farmers
The increasing usage of smartphones by practitioners in various fields of expertise is attracting global attention. However, scanty evidence exists on smartphone usage among rural farmers in developing countries. Using data collected from 1286 rural farming households in five provinces in China, this study investigates the factors influencing rural farmers’ decisions to use smartphones. The findings from a Probit model reveal that education, heal…
Credit access and sustainable farm investments
This study investigates whether farmers with and without credit access and those with and without adequate credit access behave differently in farm investments. We distinguish between chemical input investments (i.e. chemical fertilizers and pesticides) and environmentally friendly ones (i.e. green pest management and organic fertilizers). We utilize the inverse probability-weighted regression adjustment estimator and multivalued treatment effect…
The role of agricultural cooperatives in improving mechanization levels
Although mechanization is reshaping rural and agricultural development by reducing drudgery through substituting farm labourers, improving input use efficiency and increasing farm productivity, the level of mechanization in developing countries still needs improvements. This study explores whether agricultural cooperatives can improve mechanization levels by investigating the differences between outsourcing machinery services and household‐owned …
Alleviating Multidimensional Energy Poverty and Energy Unaffordability in Rural Areas
Renting-out land allows rural farmers to receive rent and reallocate household labor from farm work to more rewarding off-farm activities, leading to income generation and potentially reducing rural energy poverty. However, sparse literature focuses on investigating this association. This study addresses the gap by exploring four waves (2011, 2013, 2015, and 2018) of data collected by the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. We use two…
Can unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) adoption reduce pesticide use and enhance yields? Evidence from mountainous rice farming in Yunnan, China
Promoting banana farmers’ adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices
To mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on farm productivity and food security, climate-smart agricultural practices (CAPs) have become increasingly crucial in smallholder farming systems. However, the adoption rate of CAPs remains quite low. This study explores whether agricultural cooperatives can serve as an assistor in promoting farmers’ adoption of CAPs. Unlike previous studies that account for one or two practices, we consider CA…
Flush toilet use and its impact on health and non‐health expenditures
This study analysed the effects of flush toilet use on health and non‐health expenditures incurred by rural Chinese. The instrumental‐variable‐based Tobit and endogenous treatment regression models were used to analyse the 2016 China Labour Force Dynamics Survey data while addressing the selection bias inherent in flush toilet use. The results showed that by improving rural residents' physical and mental health, flush toilet use reduced per capit…
Promoting sustainable agrifood production under climate change
Climate change is challenging sustainable agrifood production and food security, and encouraging farmers’ climate change adaptation can help promote sustainable agrifood production and ensure food security. This study investigates farmers’ climate change adaptation and its impact on agrifood production. We employ the propensity score matching (PSM) model to address the selection bias issue of climate change adaptation and estimate the survey data…
Does ICT-based farm advisory improve farmers' adaptation to climate change? Evidence from Pakistan
In the face of climate uncertainties, farmers need advice on adaptation measures to manage climate risk in an efficient and user-friendly way. This study takes the case of a major cropping zone of Punjab province, Pakistan, which is reported among the climate-susceptible regions, to explore farmers’ preferred ways of agricultural advisory and farmers’ climate change adaptation measures. We also analyze the interrelation between different advisory…
Off-farm work and technical efficiency of wheat production
This study analyzes the impacts of off-farm work on the technical efficiency (TE) of wheat production, using data collected from 549 farming households in China. Unlike previous studies that only capture one dimension of off-farm work, in this study, we consider multiple dimensions, including off-farm work participation status of household heads, location choices (local or migrated off-farm work), and off-farm work intensity. We employ the stocha…
Farmers’ willingness to transform untreated livestock manure into organic fertilizer
Sharing energy poverty
This study examines how social interaction-oriented gift expenditure affects the energy poverty of rural households in China, accounting for energy inaccessibility, unaffordability, and multidimensional energy poverty. A conditional mixed process model was used to estimate the 2016 and 2018 China Family Panel Studies survey data and address the endogeneity of gift expenditure. The results suggest that social interaction-oriented gift expenditure …
Does agricultural cooperative membership influence off‐farm work decisions of farm couples
Membership in agricultural cooperatives may influence intra‐household decisions regarding the division of household labor. However, the linkages between cooperative membership and labor allocation remain unexplored. To fill this gap, we examine the impact of cooperative membership on off‐farm work decisions of couples engaged in farming, using data collected from 595 banana farmers in China. The recursive bivariate probit model and endogenous‐tre…
Yield effects of agricultural cooperative membership in developing countries
This study uses a meta‐analysis to synthesize the effects of agricultural cooperative membership on the yield of crops and livestock. It collects 158 estimated yield effects from 42 studies, covering 19 developing countries. Our analysis finds evidence that there exists positive publication bias in the empirical literature, confirming that researchers and journals have a preference to publish articles that report positive and significant results.…
Climate-smart agricultural practices for promoting sustainable agrifood production
Adoption and intensity of agricultural mechanization and their impact on non-farm employment of rural women
Does Adoption of Information and Communication Technology Reduce Objective and Subjective Well-Being Inequality? Evidence from China
ICT adoption and tourism consumption among rural residents in China
Little is known about the tourism consumption of the rural population in developing and emerging countries. This note fills the gap by investigating how information and communication technology (ICT) adoption influences tourism participation decisions and expenditure of rural residents in China. We estimate the data of 11,000 samples from the China Labor-force Dynamic Survey data, using both recursive bivariate probit and treatment effects models…
Happiness and farm productivity
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between farmers' happiness and farm productivity, taking maize production in China as an example. Design/methodology/approach The conditional mixed process model is employed to account for the endogeneity that inevitably arises in regression models studying happiness and estimate the 2015 China Household Finance Survey data. Findings The empirical results show that a higher level of…
Agricultural mechanization and land productivity in China
This study estimates the impacts of the adoption of different mechanized farming strategies (i.e. no-mechanized farming, semi-mechanized farming, and full-mechanized farming) on land productivity. An innovative multivalued treatment effects model addresses selectivity bias and estimates farm household data from the 2016 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey. The results show that adopting semi- and full-mechanized farming positively impacts land prod…
Impacts of plot size on maize yields and farm profits
This paper examines the impact of plot size on maize yields and farm profits, using plot-level data collected from Chinese maize farmers in 2013 and 2015. Unlike previous studies that have used either a parametric or non-parametric model, this study estimates a semi-parametric model. This model simultaneously estimates the impact of plot size on maize yields and farm profits non-parametrically and the impact of other control variables on the two …
Learning to eat from others
Does mobile payment adoption affect the level and inequality of food expenditure
This study examines the impact of mobile payment adoption on the level and inequality of food expenditure using the 2017 Chinese General Social Survey data. We employ the Gini coefficient to measure food expenditure inequality and use the two-stage predictor substitution approach to address the endogeneity of mobile payment adoption. The results show that mobile payment adoption is associated with lower food expenditure. Specifically, mobile paym…
Does the use of climate information contribute to climate change adaptation? Evidence from Ghana
This study examines how the use of climate information affects climate change adaptation measure adopted by household heads, using data collected from the Upper West region of Ghana. By estimating a recursive bivariate probit model, we show that the use of climate information has no significant impact on the adoption of a climate change adaptation measure. Household heads’ decision to adopt a climate change adaptation measure is positively and si…
Does cooperative membership improve household welfare? Evidence from apple farmers in China
Agricultural cooperative membership and technical efficiency of apple farmers in China
The adoption and impact of E-commerce in rural China
Do farmers gain internet dividends from E-commerce adoption? Evidence from China
Does internet use improve technical efficiency of banana production in China? Evidence from a selectivity-corrected analysis
Effects of cooperative membership on financial performance of banana farmers in China
This paper estimates the heterogeneous effects of cooperative membership on smallholder farmers’ financial performance, measured by net returns, return on investment (ROI), and profit margin. We employ an innovative two‐stage predictor substitution model combined with an unconditional quantile regression model to address the endogeneity of the cooperative membership variable and analyze data collected from 626 banana farmers in China. Results, in…
Does agricultural cooperative membership influence off‐farm work decisions of farm couples
Membership in agricultural cooperatives may influence intra‐household decisions regarding the division of household labor. However, the linkages between cooperative membership and labor allocation remain unexplored. To fill this gap, we examine the impact of cooperative membership on off‐farm work decisions of couples engaged in farming, using data collected from 595 banana farmers in China. The recursive bivariate probit model and endogenous‐tre…
Yield effects of agricultural cooperative membership in developing countries
This study uses a meta‐analysis to synthesize the effects of agricultural cooperative membership on the yield of crops and livestock. It collects 158 estimated yield effects from 42 studies, covering 19 developing countries. Our analysis finds evidence that there exists positive publication bias in the empirical literature, confirming that researchers and journals have a preference to publish articles that report positive and significant results.…
Does participation in poverty alleviation programmes increase subjective well-being? Results from a survey of rural residents in Shanxi, China
Adoption and intensity of agricultural mechanization and their impact on non-farm employment of rural women
Sharing energy poverty
This study examines how social interaction-oriented gift expenditure affects the energy poverty of rural households in China, accounting for energy inaccessibility, unaffordability, and multidimensional energy poverty. A conditional mixed process model was used to estimate the 2016 and 2018 China Family Panel Studies survey data and address the endogeneity of gift expenditure. The results suggest that social interaction-oriented gift expenditure …
Climate-smart agricultural practices for promoting sustainable agrifood production
Does Adoption of Information and Communication Technology Reduce Objective and Subjective Well-Being Inequality? Evidence from China
Learning to eat from others
Does cooperative membership improve household welfare? Evidence from apple farmers in China
Agricultural Cooperatives and Investment in Organic Soil Amendments and Chemical Fertilizer in China
In this article, we develop a dynamic model to show how membership in agricultural cooperatives influences smallholder farmers' decisions to invest in organic soil amendments and chemical fertilizer. The model considers management decisions of heterogonous producers within an intertemporal framework, with the decision to join the cooperative assumed to be endogenous. Farm‐level data of apple farmers from three provinces in China are used to estim…
Agricultural cooperative membership and technical efficiency of apple farmers in China
Impact of Internet use on economic well‐being of rural households
The expansion of the Internet in developing countries has important implications for the economic development of rural areas. Although many studies have investigated various benefits of Internet use, little attention has been paid to find the relationship between Internet use and the economic well‐being of rural households. This paper, therefore, investigates the effects of Internet use on household income and expenditure, using a sample of rural…
Does the use of climate information contribute to climate change adaptation? Evidence from Ghana
This study examines how the use of climate information affects climate change adaptation measure adopted by household heads, using data collected from the Upper West region of Ghana. By estimating a recursive bivariate probit model, we show that the use of climate information has no significant impact on the adoption of a climate change adaptation measure. Household heads’ decision to adopt a climate change adaptation measure is positively and si…
Effects of cooperative membership on financial performance of banana farmers in China
This paper estimates the heterogeneous effects of cooperative membership on smallholder farmers’ financial performance, measured by net returns, return on investment (ROI), and profit margin. We employ an innovative two‐stage predictor substitution model combined with an unconditional quantile regression model to address the endogeneity of the cooperative membership variable and analyze data collected from 626 banana farmers in China. Results, in…
The adoption and impact of E-commerce in rural China
Does internet use improve technical efficiency of banana production in China? Evidence from a selectivity-corrected analysis
Do farmers gain internet dividends from E-commerce adoption? Evidence from China
Does participation in poverty alleviation programmes increase subjective well-being? Results from a survey of rural residents in Shanxi, China
ICT adoption and tourism consumption among rural residents in China
Little is known about the tourism consumption of the rural population in developing and emerging countries. This note fills the gap by investigating how information and communication technology (ICT) adoption influences tourism participation decisions and expenditure of rural residents in China. We estimate the data of 11,000 samples from the China Labor-force Dynamic Survey data, using both recursive bivariate probit and treatment effects models…
Happiness and farm productivity
Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between farmers' happiness and farm productivity, taking maize production in China as an example. Design/methodology/approach The conditional mixed process model is employed to account for the endogeneity that inevitably arises in regression models studying happiness and estimate the 2015 China Household Finance Survey data. Findings The empirical results show that a higher level of…
Agricultural mechanization and land productivity in China
This study estimates the impacts of the adoption of different mechanized farming strategies (i.e. no-mechanized farming, semi-mechanized farming, and full-mechanized farming) on land productivity. An innovative multivalued treatment effects model addresses selectivity bias and estimates farm household data from the 2016 China Labor-force Dynamics Survey. The results show that adopting semi- and full-mechanized farming positively impacts land prod…
Impacts of plot size on maize yields and farm profits
This paper examines the impact of plot size on maize yields and farm profits, using plot-level data collected from Chinese maize farmers in 2013 and 2015. Unlike previous studies that have used either a parametric or non-parametric model, this study estimates a semi-parametric model. This model simultaneously estimates the impact of plot size on maize yields and farm profits non-parametrically and the impact of other control variables on the two …
Learning to eat from others
Does mobile payment adoption affect the level and inequality of food expenditure
This study examines the impact of mobile payment adoption on the level and inequality of food expenditure using the 2017 Chinese General Social Survey data. We employ the Gini coefficient to measure food expenditure inequality and use the two-stage predictor substitution approach to address the endogeneity of mobile payment adoption. The results show that mobile payment adoption is associated with lower food expenditure. Specifically, mobile paym…
Does ICT-based farm advisory improve farmers' adaptation to climate change? Evidence from Pakistan
In the face of climate uncertainties, farmers need advice on adaptation measures to manage climate risk in an efficient and user-friendly way. This study takes the case of a major cropping zone of Punjab province, Pakistan, which is reported among the climate-susceptible regions, to explore farmers’ preferred ways of agricultural advisory and farmers’ climate change adaptation measures. We also analyze the interrelation between different advisory…
Off-farm work and technical efficiency of wheat production
This study analyzes the impacts of off-farm work on the technical efficiency (TE) of wheat production, using data collected from 549 farming households in China. Unlike previous studies that only capture one dimension of off-farm work, in this study, we consider multiple dimensions, including off-farm work participation status of household heads, location choices (local or migrated off-farm work), and off-farm work intensity. We employ the stocha…
Farmers’ willingness to transform untreated livestock manure into organic fertilizer
Sharing energy poverty
This study examines how social interaction-oriented gift expenditure affects the energy poverty of rural households in China, accounting for energy inaccessibility, unaffordability, and multidimensional energy poverty. A conditional mixed process model was used to estimate the 2016 and 2018 China Family Panel Studies survey data and address the endogeneity of gift expenditure. The results suggest that social interaction-oriented gift expenditure …
Does agricultural cooperative membership influence off‐farm work decisions of farm couples
Membership in agricultural cooperatives may influence intra‐household decisions regarding the division of household labor. However, the linkages between cooperative membership and labor allocation remain unexplored. To fill this gap, we examine the impact of cooperative membership on off‐farm work decisions of couples engaged in farming, using data collected from 595 banana farmers in China. The recursive bivariate probit model and endogenous‐tre…
Yield effects of agricultural cooperative membership in developing countries
This study uses a meta‐analysis to synthesize the effects of agricultural cooperative membership on the yield of crops and livestock. It collects 158 estimated yield effects from 42 studies, covering 19 developing countries. Our analysis finds evidence that there exists positive publication bias in the empirical literature, confirming that researchers and journals have a preference to publish articles that report positive and significant results.…
Climate-smart agricultural practices for promoting sustainable agrifood production
Adoption and intensity of agricultural mechanization and their impact on non-farm employment of rural women
Does Adoption of Information and Communication Technology Reduce Objective and Subjective Well-Being Inequality? Evidence from China
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