Agribusiness
Volume 35, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 20-35

The effect of e-commerce agribusiness clusters on farmers’ migration decisions in China (Article)

Qi J. , Zheng X.* , Cao P. , Zhu L.
  • a Department of Risk Management and Compliance, Taiping Assets Management (HK) Company Limited, Hong Kong
  • b Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
  • c Institute of Regional Agriculture Research, College of Humanities and Social Development, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
  • d Institute of Regional Agriculture Research, College of Humanities and Social Development, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

Abstract

Using household survey data from three Agro-Taobao villages, which are clusters of e-commerce agribusinesses recently appeared in China, and three nearby non-Agro-Taobao villages, we examine whether originating from an Agro-Taobao village influences a farmer’s migration decision. Results show that individuals from Agro-Taobao villages are 26% less likely to migrate than their counterparts from non-Agro-Taobao villages, after controlling for various factors that are likely to influence the migration decision such as demographic characteristics, migration experience, educational background, and health status. Policy implications of our findings are also discussed. [EconLit citations: Q13; Q12]. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Author Keywords

Migration Agro-Taobao villages e-commerce agribusiness

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85055966540&doi=10.1002%2fagr.21586&partnerID=40&md5=e211abf42319d42c079b7619ac612724
DOI: 10.1002/agr.21586
ISSN: 07424477
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English