Abstract:
Based on the survey data CHIPS2002, this paper analyses the influence of social capital on income of rural household at village and family levels.The results show that: (1) Social capital in village and household has significantly economic returns on total income through specific influence on farm or off-farm income, which is more important comparing with physical capital and human capital; (2) Interactions between social capitals and physical or human capital as well as village and family social capitals, also exert significant specific impact on different income sources of rural households respectively.This paper provides robust empirical evidence for transitional China to cultivate and utilize social capital of rural area for the policy of improving income distribution.
Key words:
Income of Rural Household; Social Capital; Physical Capital; Human Capital;
Fund：
The National Social Science Fund of China, "Theory, policy and empirical research on the influence of social network on income gap"(No. :12CJL023); the Start-up project of introducing high-level talent research in Beijing Normal University, phased results of the Study on the Three Rural Issues in the Process of Urbanization;
Reference:
Zhou, Y. (2013). The role of social capital in rural household income: Evidence from Chinese household survey (CHIPS2002). Economic Review, 2013(14), pp.47-57. （《社会资本在农户收入中的作用——基于中国家计调查（CHIPS2002）的证据》）
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