绿色革命与个人主义：来自印度尼西亚的证据

Journal of Development Economics · 2026 · [{"name": "Yeonha Jung", "affiliation": ["Sungkyunkwan University"]}, {"name": "Uyseok Lee", "affiliation": ["University of British Columbia"]}, {"name": "Gedeon Lim", "affiliation": ["University of Hong Kong"]}]

中文摘要

本文研究20世纪后期最大的发展项目之一——绿色革命——对个人主义的影响。我们采用双重差分方法，考察印度尼西亚传统农业中快速的技术与组织变革如何重塑当地的文化规范；该国绿色革命的推行主要由中央政府干预驱动。研究发现，在项目结束数十年后，受绿色革命政策影响更大的地区，个人主义(以不常见姓名的更高普遍率衡量)出现了显著且持久的上升。这一结果并非由事前趋势驱动，且在一系列稳健性检验中保持稳健。我们进一步记录了具有启示性的相关关系证据，表明社区对公共品的资助持续下降——这是衡量集体行动的一项关键指标。我们的研究发现表明，技术变革能够引发迅速且持久的文化变迁。

Abstract

This paper studies the effects of the Green Revolution, one of the largest development projects in the late 20th-Century, on individualism. We use a difference-in-differences approach to investigate how rapid technological and organizational changes in traditional agriculture reshaped cultural norms in Indonesia, where Green Revolution rollout was largely driven by centralized government interventions. Regions with greater exposure to Green Revolution policies experienced significant and persistent increases in individualism (as measured by a higher prevalence of infrequent names) decades after the end of the program. Results are not driven by pre-trends and hold across a battery of robustness checks. We further document suggestive, correlational evidence of a persistent fall in community funding for public goods, a key measure of collective action. Our findings suggest that technical change can lead to rapid and persistent changes in culture.