Digital finance, entrepreneurship and the household income gap: evidence from China

D Hu, F Guo, C Zhai - Information Processing & Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Using three waves of data from the China Family Panel Studies and the Digital Financial
Inclusion Index of China, we analyze the relationship between digital finance …

Are digital services the right solution for empowering smallholder farmers? A perspective enlightened by COVID-19 experiences to inform smart IPM

H Sekabira, GT Tepa-Yotto… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic, surprised many through its impact on the food systems, resulting
in collapses in the food production value chains and in the integrated pest disease …

Rural development in the digital age: Does information and communication technology adoption contribute to credit access and income growth in rural China?

W Ma, H Qiu, DB Rahut - Review of Development Economics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Information and communication technology (ICT) plays an important role in rural
livelihoods and household well‐being. Therefore, this study examines the impact of ICT …

Smartphone use, off‐farm employment, and women's decision‐making power: Evidence from rural China

H Zheng, Y Zhou, DB Rahut - Review of Development …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Empowering women is an important goal of the United Nations' Sustainable Development
Goals, and studies have proposed various strategies to achieve this goal. However, few …

Off-farm work and technical efficiency of wheat production: An analysis accounting for multiple dimensions of off-farm work

W Ma, H Zheng, E Donkor, V Owusu - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study analyzes the impacts of off-farm work on the technical efficiency (TE) of wheat
production, using data collected from 549 farming households in China. Unlike previous …

Does agricultural cooperative membership influence off‐farm work decisions of farm couples?

H Zheng, P Vatsa, W Ma… - Annals of Public and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Membership in agricultural cooperatives may influence intra‐household decisions regarding
the division of household labor. However, the linkages between cooperative membership …

The impact of regional ICT development on job quality of the employee in China

Z Shi - Telecommunications Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper matches the province-level ICT development with the micro-level data of the
China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), uses multiple indicators to measure ICT development …

Is the internet penetration pro-poor? Evidence from a panel data analysis

VP Phan - Telecommunications Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The impacts of internet use on income and poverty status are contentious despite extensive
research efforts. This paper re-examines these influences using five-wave panel data …

Narrowing the gender digital divide in Pakistan: Mobile phone ownership and female labor force participation

H Amber, BB Chichaibelu - Review of Development Economics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The unprecedented growth in access to mobile phones and smartphones has opened up
new possibilities in the way people live and work. However, women in developing countries …

The impact of digital economy on household private insurance participation

C Du, YC Ouyang, Q Yang, Z Shi - International Review of Economics & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on the 2016 and 2018 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), this article studies the
impact of the development of the digital economy on household private insurance …