Three Generations under One Roof:The Impact of Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer on the Pro-environmental Behaviors of Rural Households
Prior studies have revealed the determinates of rural households'pro-environmen-tal production behaviors from government and market perspectives.Studies on family human capital also ignore the original motivation of households'behaviors and fail to elaborate the inher-ent contributions of intergenerational knowledge transfer.Taking agricultural fertilizer reduction as an example,this paper discusses the motivation mechanism of pro-environmental behavior per-formed by rural households with three generations under one roof,applying the questionnaire survey data of 1470 rice farmers in the main rice producing area of Hubei Province.The results show that:(1)Three generations under one roof can significantly reduce chemical fertilizer appli-cation in agricultural production and motivate pro-environmental behaviors;(2)Its endogenous path to stimulate pro-environmental behaviors is to improve human capital,while its exogenous path lies in improving farmland quality and enhancing mechanical operation;(3)The famine expe-rience of the first generation can strengthen their awe of nature,so as to significantly enhance households'pro-environmental behaviors;(4)The migrant work experiences of the third generation can expand the width and depth of their social networks,and thus drive the pro-envi-ronmental behaviors.The represent study clarifies that traditional knowledge in agriculture doesn't antiquate.The agricultural experiences of the first generation was sharped in a specific historical scenario and activate pro-environment norms.The third generation can also supplement and ac-celerate the accumulation of family knowledge,and thus serves as an important driving force of pro-environmental behaviors.
Three generations under one roofIntergenerational knowledge transferAgricultural fertilizer application reductionPro-environmental behaviors
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