An Evaluation of a Direct Payment Policy for Community-based Environmental Conservation Agricultural Practices
An Evaluation of a Direct Payment Policy for Community-based Environmental Conservation Agricultural Practices
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对基于社区的环境保护农业实践的直接支付政策的评估
DOI：
10.11492/ceispapersen.2019.1_43
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2019
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通讯作者：
Shinichi Kitano,
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Kitano;Shinichi;Shinichi Kitano,
本研究的目的是验证针对从事环保农业的农民的直接支付计划对此类农业推广的影响。该计划是一项以社区为基础的计划，参与是自愿的。由于自愿参与是根本，因此政策效果存在选择偏差。因此，为了估计政策影响，需要通过补充反事实并与实际数据进行比较来估计因果效应。因此我们采用倾向得分匹配法来估计政策影响。调查结果表明，即使消除选择偏差，该计划对环保农业的推广也具有积极的影响。此外，过去的努力、领导者的存在和当地社会资本被认为是促进参与该计划的因素。这一结果表明，稳定的人力资本的形成对于推动该计划是必要的。
The aim of this research is to verify the effect of a direct payment program for farmers practicing environmental conservation agriculture on the spread of this type of agriculture. This program was a community-based scheme and participation was voluntary. Since voluntary participation is fundamental, there is a selection bias in the policy effect. Therefore, in order to estimate the policy impact, it is necessary to estimate the causal effect by complementing counterfactuals and comparing them with actual data. So we use propensity score matching method to estimate the policy impact. The results of the investigation indicate that even if the selection bias is removed, the program has a positive influence on the spread of environmental conservation agriculture. In addition, past efforts, existence of leaders, and local social capital were identified as factors that promoted participation in the program. This result suggests that the formation of steady human capital is necessary to promote the program.