Zhou Deshui, Li Lele
School of Finance and Public Management, Anhui University of Finance & Economics, Bengbu, China.
School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Jul 29;13:859936. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.859936. eCollection 2022.
Entrepreneurship is an important way to provide solutions for social employment problems. Using data from the 2016 China Labor Force Dynamic Survey (CLDS), we explore the influence of farming experience on urban residents' entrepreneurial decisions at the theoretical and empirical levels. A Probit model with instrumental variables method was used to analyze the influence of farming experience on urban residents' entrepreneurial decisions, while a mediating effect model was used to test its channels of action. The results show that: (1) farming experience can contribute to the entrepreneurial decision of urban residents relative to those without experience in farming. To overcome possible endogeneity issues, an Eprobit model based on the estimation of instrumental variables was used for testing. (2) Heterogeneity tests based on age, city type, and physical capital found that this effect was more significant in urban residents with non-capital cities, middle-aged groups, and high-material capital. (3) Farming experience indirectly drives entrepreneurial decisions through the mediating role of promoting positive personality traits, such as "optimism" and "mutual aid consciousness." Therefore, the farming experience has a positive effect on urban residents' entrepreneurial decisions and helps to understand the deeper influence of micro-individual characteristics on entrepreneurial decisions in the urbanization process.
创业是解决社会就业问题的重要途径。利用2016年中国劳动力动态调查（CLDS）的数据，我们在理论和实证层面探讨了务农经历对城镇居民创业决策的影响。采用工具变量法的Probit模型分析务农经历对城镇居民创业决策的影响，同时采用中介效应模型检验其作用渠道。结果表明：（1）相对于没有务农经历的城镇居民，务农经历有助于其做出创业决策。为克服可能存在的内生性问题，使用基于工具变量估计的Eprobit模型进行检验。（2）基于年龄、城市类型和物质资本的异质性检验发现，这种效应在非省会城市的城镇居民、中年群体和高物质资本群体中更为显著。（3）务农经历通过促进“乐观”和“互助意识”等积极人格特质的中介作用，间接推动创业决策。因此，务农经历对城镇居民的创业决策具有积极影响，有助于理解微观个体特征在城市化进程中对创业决策的更深层次影响。
