自然灾害冲击对农民创业行为的影响

The Impact of Natural Disaster on Farmers' Entrepreneurship

文章使用2012年西部民族地区7个省份、757个行政村的调查数据,评估了自然灾害冲击对农民创业行为的影响。研究结果显示,自然灾害冲击显著提高了农民创业行为的发生概率,平均而言,自然灾害冲击将促使农民创业概率提高1.53%。进一步研究发现,随着关系嵌入性程度的增加,教育水平的提高、村庄交通的改善和农民幸福感的提升,自然灾害冲击对农民创业行为的积极影响会逐渐强化。上述结论意味着自然灾害的冲击对农村经济发展的作用并不完全是消极的。文章丰富和拓展了自然灾害冲击与农民创业的相关研究,对于推动农民创业,实现全面建成小康社会的目标具有重要的理论和实践意义。

This paper aims to examine the effects of natural disaster on farmers' entrepreneurship by using the survey date from west minority nationality areas in 757 administrative villages of 7 provinces in 2012. The results show that natural disaster has positive effects on farmers' entrepreneurship, which increased 1.53% on average. Moreover, relational embeddedness, education level, traffic convenience and happiness are the effective moderate mechanisms. The results mean that, the effect of natural disaster on farmers' entrepreneurship is not always negative. The paper has enriched and broadened the study of natural disaster and farmers' entrepreneurship. The results have theoretical and practical implications for promoting farmers' entrepreneurship and achieving moderately prosperous society.