This paper investigates whether the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP), implemented as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) had a positive impact on farm productivity, defined as farm sales per farm employment, in the counties that received any BIP funding. The effect of BIP on the growth of farm sales was examined for the 2008–2010, 2008–2011, 2008–2012 and 2008–2013 periods. The selection bias (the probability that a county received BIP funding) was accounted for using the inverse probability weighting regression method (IPW). The findings suggest that BIP funding had a significant but short-term impact on per employment farm sales.

本文调查了作为 2009 年美国复苏和再投资法案 (ARRA) 的一部分实施的宽带倡议计划 (BIP) 是否对收到任何 BIP 的县的农场生产力（定义为每个农场就业的农场销售额）产生了积极影响资金。在 2008-2010 年、2008-2011 年、2008-2012 年和 2008-2013 年期间，检验了 BIP 对农场销售增长的影响。选择偏差（一个县获得 BIP 资助的概率）是使用逆概率加权回归方法（IPW）来解释的。研究结果表明，BIP 资金对每个就业农场的销售产生了重大但短期的影响。