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How does religious belief promote farmer entrepreneurship in rural China?

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ECONOMIC MODELLING
Volume 97, Issue -, Pages 95-104

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ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2021.01.015

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Farmer entrepreneurship; Religious belief; Rural China

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  1. Massey University
  2. Nanjing University of Finance and Economics
  3. National Natural Science Foundation of China [71803077]
  4. Humanities and Social Science Project of Ministry of Education, China [18YJC90128]
  5. Social Science Foundation in Jiangsu Province [19EYD009]

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The study reveals a significant and positive relationship between religious belief and farmer entrepreneurship in rural China, especially with male family members’ beliefs influencing family engagement in entrepreneurship. The impact of religion is more pronounced in eastern China, where conditions for entrepreneurship are favorable, with Eastern religions showing a stronger influence on farmer entrepreneurship compared to Western religions. These findings have important implications for policymakers in other developing economies looking to achieve sustainable rural economic development.
We investigate whether and if so, how religious belief promotes farmer entrepreneurship in rural China. We find a significant and positive relationship between religious belief and farmer entrepreneurship. Our results show that a family member's religious belief, especially a male member's religious belief, spills over to the family's engagement in farmer entrepreneurship. In addition, the religion effect is more pronounced in eastern China, where conditions for developing entrepreneurship are more favourable. We demonstrate that compared with Western religions, Eastern religions have a stronger influence on farmer entrepreneurship in China. Our results have important implications for policymakers in other developing economies who seek to achieve sustainable rural economic development.

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