Impact of electronic-wallet system on farmer’s welfare in Oyo State, Nigeria

Nneji Ifeyinwa Umeokeke, Victor Olusegun Okoruwa and Temitayo Adenike Adeyemo

International Journal of Social Economics, 2017, vol. 44, issue 4, 474-490

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of e-wallet on farmer’s welfare in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach - Primary data were used to collect information on 81 users and 123 non-users of e-wallet system. Foster, Greer and Thorbecke (FGT) analysis was used to profile farmer’s poverty status, while propensity score matching (PSM) was used to assess the impact of e-wallet on welfare using per capita expenditure as its proxy. Findings - The FGT analysis shows that poverty incidence, depth, and severity were found to be higher among non-users of e-wallet than its users. The PSM analysis showed that e-wallet had a positive impact on welfare; Rosenbaum sensitivity analysis revealed that the findings are sensitive to hidden bias due to unobserved characteristics. Research limitations/implications - The relevance of matching method depends on data availability for the specific policy problem. Hence, the study is limited to the use of the PSM because of the limitation of household data availability to only a sample of farmers in Oyo State. Originality/value - This paper examines the impact of the new system of input distribution (e-wallet) on farmer’s welfare.

Keywords: Impact; Productivity; Poverty; Propensity score matching; E-wallet (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1108/IJSE-07-2015-0184

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