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The Impact of Government Support on Family Farm - A Chain Mediation Model: Empirical Evidence from China  

YANG, Mei (School of Social Economy, Woosuk University)
GAO, Jing (School of Foreign Studies and International Business, Guilin University of Aerospace Technology)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.9, no.1, 2022 , pp. 325-332 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this research is to use a conceptual model to experimentally evaluate the mediating impact of government financial and training support on structural social capital and non-financial performance of family farms. Questionnaires were used to collect data from family farms in Guangxi, China, from August 25th to September 8th, 2021. There were 759 valid responses, accounting for 94.99 percent of the total number of respondents. The scales' reliability and validity, and the research's mediating effects and hypotheses, are tested using SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 26.0. The findings suggest that the impact of government financial assistance on family farms' non-financial performance cannot be substantiated. The intermediary chain connection of financial and training support, on the other hand, has a significant mediating effect between structural social capital and family farm non-financial performance. Direct financial assistance could be thought to encourage family farms to rely too much on funding, making them less competitive in market competition, innovation, and long-term operations. According to the conclusions of the study, government assistance to family farms could take a variety of forms, including providing diversified skills training programs in farming practices, managerial skills, and other areas.
Keywords
Family Farms; Structural Social Capital; Financial Support; Training Support; Non-financial Performance;
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