HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2021, Vol. 60 ›› Issue (19): 153-161.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2021.19.033

• Economy & Management • Previous Articles     Next Articles

The effect of digital capital on the income stability of farmers under the background of COVID-19 epidemic:Mediation effect bassed on the individual dynamic capability

ZHAO Jing, XU Xiu-mei   

  1. School of Management,Qingdao Agricultural University,Qingdao 266109,Shandong,China
  • Received:2021-05-17 Online:2021-10-10 Published:2021-10-22

Abstract: Based on the survey data of 212 farmers in Qingdao city, Shandong province, this paper used factor analysis method to measure the farmers' digital capital and their individual dynamic capability, then adopted the individual dynamic capacity as a mediation variable to verify the influence of farmers' digital capital on the stability of their income. The results show that farmers' digital capital can directly and significantly affect the stability of income. The individual dynamic capacity takes a part of mediating effect between farmers' digital capital and the stability of their income, which indirectly affects the stability of farmers' income. Therefore, this paper puts forward policy suggestions from the aspects of improving digital access and digital capability, including improving farmers' digital access from hardware construction and policy design,taking advantage of the digital transformation of agriculture and rural to enhance farmers' digital capability. In order to better enhance farmers' digital capital in digital economy era, and promote the development of digital rural and the steady growth of farmers' income.

Key words: digital capital, individual dynamic capability, COVID-19 epidemic, stability of income

CLC Number: