Does cooperative membership improve household welfare? Evidence from apple farmers in China

Wanglin Ma and Awudu Abdulai

Food Policy, 2016, vol. 58, issue C, 94-102

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of cooperative membership on farm performance indicators such as apple yields, net returns and household income, using cross-sectional data from a survey of farmers in China. An endogenous switching regression model that accounts for selection bias is employed in the analysis. The empirical results reveal that cooperative membership exerts a positive and statistically significant impact on apple yields, farm net returns and household income. A disaggregated analysis also reveals that small-scale farms tend to benefit more from cooperatives than medium and large farms.

Keywords: Agricultural cooperatives; Impact assessment; Apple farmers; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.12.002

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