Table 3.

Endogenous Switching Regression Results for Adoption and Impact of Adoption on Net Returns

  Net Returns
VariableSelectionNonadoptersAdopters
CONSTANT− 0.126(- 0.428)1.257* (1.814)− 1.097 (- 0.292)
AGE− 0.105 (- 1.580)− 0.138 (- 1.359)0.095 (1.019)
EDUCATION0.476** (2.298)5.167** (2.487)3.825* (1.932)
EXTENSION0.246** (2.253)2.374* (1.864)4.698** (2.095)
FSIZE0.498* (1.896)− 0.532** (2.104)0.423 (1.546)
FGROUP0.378** (2.362)3.570** (2.246)5.563** (2.179)
CREDIT0.403** (2.465)3.697** (2.282)6.347** (2.194)
MACHINERY0.131** (2.178)0.077 (1.361)1.262** (2.297)
NONFARM− 0.249* (- 1.835)0.384* (1.775)0.676 (1.543)
ILLNESS− 0.148* (- 1.872)− 0.157** (- 2.151)− 2.183** (- 2.091)
IMPROVED0.314* (1.924)4.634** (2.374)5.758** (2.360)
FERTAPLIC0.425 (1.156)0.387 (1.573)0.168 (1.620)
FERTPRICE0.158 (1.278)− 0.541** (- 2.377)− 0.269** (- 2.613)
LABOR0.062 (1.405)0.049 (1.382)0.074 (1.603)
WAGERATE− 0.186 (1.297)− 1.782** (- 2.282)− 1.871** (- 2.446)
FERTILE0.234** (2.316)3.618** (2.181)5.982** (2.327)
PERMEABLE0.149** (2.185)0.083* (1.724)0.206** (2.313)
SLOPE0.186** (2.021)− 1.162* (0.761)− 2.267* (1.884)
KULDA− 0.337* (- 1.861)− 0.324 (- 1.528)− 0.415 (- 1.267)
ZUWARI− 0.138* (- 1.689)2.867* (1.929)*2.649** (2.283)*
TAMALE0.189 (1.536)0.475 (1.019)0.376 (0.9691)
PERCEPTION0.107** (2.386)  
NONFARMRES0.034 (0.879)  
EXTENSIONRES0.157 (1.598)  
ln σN 0.454*** (3.293) 
ρNε − 0.087 (- 1.428) 
ln ρA  0.562*** (4.615)
ρAε  − 0.529*** (2.831)
Log likelihood− 521.76  
χ2-Statistic for0.859 [0.62]  
overidentification   
Likelihood ratio test23.16***  
of independent   
equations χ2(1)   
  • Note: Absolute t-values in parentheses and p-value in square brackets. NONFARMRES and EXTENSION- RES denote residuals from the first-stage regressions for nonfarm work and extension agents, respectively.

  • ↵* Significant at the 10% level;

  • ↵** significant at the 5% level;

  • ↵*** significant at the 1% level.