Sample descriptive statistics
| Variables | Variable assignment | Access to green subsidies | No green subsidies | Discrepancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Average | |||
| Farmers’ low-carbon production transition | Calculated according to the entropy index method | 0.769 | 0.554 | −0.215*** |
| Green subsidies | Whether farmers receive green subsidies: 1 = yes; 0 = no | 1.000 | 0.000 | – |
| Age of household head | Actual surveyed age of household head (years) | 54.877 | 55.349 | 0.472 |
| Educational level | Educational attainment of household head: 1 = elementary school and below; 2 = middle school; 3 = high school and above | 2.026 | 1.711 | −0.315*** |
| Risk appetite | Values measured using experimental economics, ranging from [0–1], with 0 indicating extreme risk aversion and 1 indicating extreme risk preference | 0.792 | 0.846 | 0.054* |
| Number of years of farming | Number of years farmers have been engaged in hog farming (years) | 13.711 | 13.479 | −0.231 |
| Share of breeding income | Share of income from breeding in total household income (%) | 0.688 | 0.564 | −0.124** |
| Farming labor inputs | Number of laborers engaged in hog farming | 1.860 | 1.492 | −0.367*** |
| Contractual agricultural participation | Participation of farmers in contract farming: 1 = yes; 0 = no | 0.360 | 0.146 | −0.214*** |
| Social network | Number of regular farmers (persons) | 4.579 | 3.552 | −1.027*** |
| Environmental regulation | Characterized by prohibited emission intensity, limited farming intensity, emission technology standards, production technology norms and supervision and punishment standards and calculated based on the common factor with characteristic root greater than 1, weighted average to get the environmental regulation level | 3.481 | 1.033 | −2.448 |
| Internet usage | Whether the computer is networked or not: 1 = yes; 0 = no | 0.404 | 0.313 | −0.091* |
| Financial support | Degree of support for subsidized loans for farming loans in your village (town): 1 = very poor; 2 = worse; 3 = general; 4 = better; 5 = very good | 2.816 | 2.263 | −0.553*** |
| Were you in Shandong? | Sample region is Shandong: 1 = yes; 0 = no | 0.088 | 0.227 | 0.139*** |
| Number of government promotions | Number of government rollouts of green subsidies in 2020 | 5.149 | 2.599 | −2.550*** |
| Sample size | 114 | 384 | – | |
| Variables | Variable assignment | Access to green subsidies | No green subsidies | Discrepancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Average | |||
| Farmers’ low-carbon production transition | Calculated according to the entropy index method | 0.769 | 0.554 | −0.215 |
| Green subsidies | Whether farmers receive green subsidies: 1 = yes; 0 = no | 1.000 | 0.000 | – |
| Age of household head | Actual surveyed age of household head (years) | 54.877 | 55.349 | 0.472 |
| Educational level | Educational attainment of household head: 1 = elementary school and below; 2 = middle school; 3 = high school and above | 2.026 | 1.711 | −0.315 |
| Risk appetite | Values measured using experimental economics, ranging from [0–1], with 0 indicating extreme risk aversion and 1 indicating extreme risk preference | 0.792 | 0.846 | 0.054 |
| Number of years of farming | Number of years farmers have been engaged in hog farming (years) | 13.711 | 13.479 | −0.231 |
| Share of breeding income | Share of income from breeding in total household income (%) | 0.688 | 0.564 | −0.124 |
| Farming labor inputs | Number of laborers engaged in hog farming | 1.860 | 1.492 | −0.367 |
| Contractual agricultural participation | Participation of farmers in contract farming: 1 = yes; 0 = no | 0.360 | 0.146 | −0.214 |
| Social network | Number of regular farmers (persons) | 4.579 | 3.552 | −1.027 |
| Environmental regulation | Characterized by prohibited emission intensity, limited farming intensity, emission technology standards, production technology norms and supervision and punishment standards and calculated based on the common factor with characteristic root greater than 1, weighted average to get the environmental regulation level | 3.481 | 1.033 | −2.448 |
| Internet usage | Whether the computer is networked or not: 1 = yes; 0 = no | 0.404 | 0.313 | −0.091 |
| Financial support | Degree of support for subsidized loans for farming loans in your village (town): 1 = very poor; 2 = worse; 3 = general; 4 = better; 5 = very good | 2.816 | 2.263 | −0.553 |
| Were you in Shandong? | Sample region is Shandong: 1 = yes; 0 = no | 0.088 | 0.227 | 0.139 |
| Number of government promotions | Number of government rollouts of green subsidies in 2020 | 5.149 | 2.599 | −2.550 |
| Sample size | 114 | 384 | – | |
Note(s): *; ** and ***indicate significant at the 1, 5 and 10% levels, respectively
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