Evaluating an information campaign about rural development policies in (FYR) Macedonia
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Working Papers SES
Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
Martin Huber
Martinovska Stojcheska, Aleksandra
Anna Solovyeva
Abstract
This paper investigates the effects of an information campaign about a
governmental rural development program (RDP) in the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia on the farmers’ intention to participate in the RDP. In the
course of a survey among farmers, the treatment group received an information
brochure with relevant details on selected RDP measures, while the control group
received no information. Even though the intervention had been planned as
experiment, randomization was not properly conducted, requiring sample
adjustments and controlling for observed covariates in the estimation process.
The results suggest that while the intervention succeeded in informing farmers, it
had a negative, albeit marginally statically significant, effect on farmers’ reported
possibility and intention to use RDP support in the near future. Evidence from
further outcome variables suggests that this may be due to the information about
administrative burden associated with RDP participation provided in the brochure.
We also find that the negative effect is driven by the subsample of unprofitable
farmers.
governmental rural development program (RDP) in the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia on the farmers’ intention to participate in the RDP. In the
course of a survey among farmers, the treatment group received an information
brochure with relevant details on selected RDP measures, while the control group
received no information. Even though the intervention had been planned as
experiment, randomization was not properly conducted, requiring sample
adjustments and controlling for observed covariates in the estimation process.
The results suggest that while the intervention succeeded in informing farmers, it
had a negative, albeit marginally statically significant, effect on farmers’ reported
possibility and intention to use RDP support in the near future. Evidence from
further outcome variables suggests that this may be due to the information about
administrative burden associated with RDP participation provided in the brochure.
We also find that the negative effect is driven by the subsample of unprofitable
farmers.
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