This paper uses the diffusion of F 1 hybrid rice as a case for examining the effects of education on the adoption of new technology in China. A simple behavioral model that treats the adoption of hybrid rice as a portfolio selection problem is presented. The implications of the model are tested with farm‐level data collected from a sample of 500 households in Hunan Province. The results from a dichotomous probit model and a two‐limit tobit model are consistent with the hypothesis that education has a positive impact on the adoption of new technology.
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Lin, J. Y. (1991). Education and Innovation Adoption in Agriculture: Evidence from Hybrid Rice in China. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73(3), 713–723. https://doi.org/10.2307/1242823
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