Does It Pay to Participate in Decision-making? Survey Evidence on Land Co-management in Jiangsu Province, China
Does It Pay to Participate in Decision-making? Survey Evidence on Land Co-management in Jiangsu Province, China
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.07.023
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
7
通讯作者：
Ziming Liu;Jens Rommel;S. Feng
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作者：
Ziming Liu;Jens Rommel;S. Feng
成员参与决策是资源共同管理的重要组成部分。然而，人们对参与的福利后果知之甚少。本文利用中国土地合作社364名社员的数据，分析了社员参与决策对其收入的影响。我们区分了参与决策的两个层面-投票和获取财务信息-并使用双变量概率模型和倾向得分匹配来估计它们的影响。结果表明，户主的年龄、性别和教育程度、家庭规模、财富和政治背景决定了决策的参与度。参与投票或获取财务信息都会对合作社成员的土地收益产生积极影响。投票和获取信息也有很强的联合效应，土地收益增加了16%。我们的结论是，广泛参与可以确保成员更公平地获得土地收入。
Member participation in decision-making is a critical part of resource co-management. However, little is known about the welfare consequences of participation. This paper analyzes the impact of cooperative member participation in decision-making on their incomes, using data from 364 members of China's land cooperative program. We distinguish two levels of participation in decision-making – voting and obtaining financial information – and use a bivariate probit model and propensity score matching to estimate their impact. The results indicate that household head's age, gender and education and family size, wealth, and political affiliation determine participation in decision-making. Participation in either voting or obtaining financial information has a positive impact on cooperative members' land income. There is also a strong joint effect of voting and obtaining information, with an increase in land income of > 16%. We conclude that broad participation can ensure more equitable access to land income for members.