Information leverage: The adoption of clean cooking fuel in Bhutan
Information leverage: The adoption of clean cooking fuel in Bhutan
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DOI：
10.1016/j.enpol.2018.10.054
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发表时间：
2019-02-01
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9
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Arimura, Toshi H.
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作者：
Dendup, Ngawang;Arimura, Toshi H.
家庭选择的结果取决于代理人可获得的私人信息，特别是在成本和收益方面。这项研究探讨了信息在不丹采用清洁烹饪燃料方面的作用。我们使用了2012年不丹生活水平调查（BLSS）在所有20个地区进行的全国代表性数据的农村子样本。我们估计一个双变量概率模型来控制潜在的内生信息变量。结果表明，能够获得信息的家庭采用清洁烹饪燃料的可能性约高出39%。同样，当家庭接触到信息时，采用肮脏燃料（木柴）的可能性降低了49%。其他因素，如教育、电力供应、获得流动资金的机会和离市场的距离，都是有助于采用清洁烹饪燃料的重要因素。研究结果还表明，信息的影响因户主的教育水平而异，因此突出了在设计类似的信息提供时考虑信息接受者的教育水平的重要性。
The outcome of household choice depends on the private information available to an agent, particularly in terms of costs and benefits. This study examines the role of information in the adoption of clean cooking fuel in Bhutan. We use a rural subsample of nationally representative data from the 2012 Bhutan Living Standard Survey (BLSS) conducted in all twenty districts. We estimate a bivariate probit model to control for the potentially endogenous information variable. The results indicate that households that have access to information are approximately 39% more likely to adopt clean cooking fuel. Similarly, households are 49% less likely to adopt dirty fuel (firewood) when exposed to information. Other factors such as education, the electricity supply, access to liquidity and the distance to the market are important factors that contribute to adopting clean cooking fuel. The results also show that the effect of information varies depending on the level of education of the household heads, thus highlighting the importance of accounting for the level of education of information recipients when designing a similar information provision.