Education and Innovation Adoption in Agriculture: Evidence from Hybrid Rice in China

Justin Lin ()

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1991, vol. 73, issue 3, 713-723

Abstract: This paper uses the diffusion of F1 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.

Date: 1991
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