Conceptual framework Participation: probit model
Let the community participation in forest management be a dichotomous
choicewhere the community participates in forest management
when the net benefits from participation are greater than those from
non-participation. The difference in the net benefits from participation
and non-participation can be denoted as D* such that D* N 0 indicates
that the net benefits from participation are greater than those from
non-participation. Although D* is not observable, it can be expressed
as a function of observable elements in the following latent variable
model: