Table 11 Estimates of three-stage least squares model for mechanization
From: Farmers’ risk attitude, agricultural technology adoption and impacts in Eastern India
Variables | Risk_Attitude | Mechanization | Productivity |
|---|---|---|---|
RISK_PREF_BIN | 0.042** | ||
(0.020) | |||
MECH_BINARY | 0.337*** | ||
(0.059) | |||
TOTAL_FEMALE_HOURS | − 0.001*** | 0.000 | |
(0.000) | (0.000) | ||
TOTAL_MALE_HOURS | 0.000 | 0.001*** | |
(0.000) | (0.000) | ||
IRRIGATION_PERCENT | 0.001*** | 0.001*** | |
(0.000) | (0.000) | ||
LN_CHEMFERTILIZ | 0.099*** | 0.067*** | |
(0.014) | (0.024) | ||
LAND_HOLDING_ACRE | 0.003 | − 0.002 | 0.000 |
(0.004) | (0.002) | (0.004) | |
LIVESTOCK_HOLDINGS | − 0.003 | ||
(0.003) | |||
HH_EDUCATION | 0.012*** | 0.010*** | 0.016*** |
(0.004) | (0.002) | (0.004) | |
HH_AGE | − 0.001 | 0.002* | 0.000 |
(0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | |
HH_SIZE | 0.001 | 0.002 | − 0.003 |
(0.007) | (0.004) | (0.007) | |
DIST_INPUTM | 0.007 | − 0.004 | − 0.006 |
(0.006) | (0.003) | (0.006) | |
PRIM_OCCU | 0.028 | 0.008 | 0.039 |
(0.037) | (0.020) | (0.033) | |
CASTE_CATEGORY_SC | − 0.095* | ||
(0.050) | |||
CASTE_CATEGORY_ST | − 0.029 | ||
(0.076) | |||
CASTE_CATEGORY_OBC | 0.044 | ||
(0.044) | |||
RELIGION_Muslim | − 0.025 | ||
(0.052) | |||
bmConstant | 0.548*** | 0.225*** | 1.656*** |
(0.100) | (0.075) | (0.124) | |
Observations | 779 | 779 | 779 |
R-squared | 0.035 | 0.195 | 0.205 |