Empirical Study of the Farmers’ Health Status’ Effects on Agricultural Efficiency

doi:10.12005/orms.2015.0075

Operations Research and Management Science ›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (2): 281-287.DOI: 10.12005/orms.2015.0075

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Empirical Study of the Farmers’ Health Status’ Effects on Agricultural Efficiency

LI Chang-sheng^1,2, ZHANG wen-qi¹

1.College of Economy, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China;
2.College of Economy and Management, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China

Received:2013-07-29 Online:2015-04-12

农民健康状况对农业生产效率影响的实证研究

李长生^1,2, 张文棋¹

1.福建农林大学经济学院,福建福州 350002;
2.江西农业大学经济管理学院,江西南昌 330045

作者简介:李长生(1977-),男,江西宁都人,研究生,讲师,研究方向:农业经济、农村金融与投资;张文棋(1948-),男,通讯作者,福建莆田人,教授,博士生导师,研究方向:农业经济、农村金融与投资。
基金资助:
教育部人文社科规划青年基金(11YJC790138);福建省杰出青年科研人才培育计划(JA11029S);中国博士后科学基金特别资助项目(201003329);江西省高校人文社会科学重点研究基地招标项目(JD1449)

Abstract

Abstract: Using household data from random samples on the 335 tea farmers investigated in the year of 2012 in Anxi county of Fujian province, the paper has explored how health affects farmers’ efficiency. A stochastic frontier production function is used to estimate the agricultural efficiency. Then the efficiency loss is regressed by Tobit model on the key variable of health impediment after controlling for households characteristics and other variables. The research confirms that agricultural efficiency is not only affected by the labor, acre and the input of chemical factors, but also is significantly and positively impacted by the health. The result suggests that investment in health is essential to improve the farmers’ efficiency and income.

Key words: health status, agricultural efficiency, stochastic frontier production function, tobit model

摘要： 利用2012年福建安溪随机抽样的335茶农的调查数据,探讨农民健康状况对农业生产效率的影响。通过建立随机前沿生产函数,对茶叶生产的效率损失值进行了测算;以健康损害为关键变量、农户家庭特征和其他变量为控制变量,对效率损失值进行Tobit回归。结果显示,农业生产效率不仅受到劳动、茶园面积、化学要素投入量等传统要素的影响,而且与农民的健康状况显著正相关,说明投资于健康对农民增产增收至关重要。

关键词: 健康状况, 农业生产效率, 随机前沿生产函数, Tobit模型

CLC Number:

F304.7

LI Chang-sheng, ZHANG wen-qi. Empirical Study of the Farmers’ Health Status’ Effects on Agricultural Efficiency[J]. Operations Research and Management Science, 2015, 24(2): 281-287.

李长生, 张文棋. 农民健康状况对农业生产效率影响的实证研究[J]. 运筹与管理, 2015, 24(2): 281-287.

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Empirical Study of the Farmers’ Health Status’ Effects on Agricultural Efficiency

农民健康状况对农业生产效率影响的实证研究

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