社会资本的作用随市场化进程减弱还是加强?-来自中国农村贫困的实证研究

在市场化转型的过程中,社会资本作为一种非市场力量,它的作用会随着市场化进程减弱还是加强?本文以农村贫困为例,研究了市场化如何影响社会资本的作用。本文发现:(1)社会网络和公共信任能显著地减少贫困,而且在社区层面的作用尤其明显;(2)随着市场化程度的提高,社会资本减少贫困的作用总体上来说会减少,其中,家庭层面的社会网络的作用减少得尤其显著,而社会层面的社会资本的作用却不会显著下降。

DOES THE STRENGTH OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON POVERTY REDUCTION FALL OR RISE DURING MARKETIZATION?-EVIDENCE FROM RURAL CHINA

SOCIAL CAPITAL, AS A NON-MARKET POWER, HAS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON POVERTY. DOES THE STRENGTH OF SOCIAL CAPITAL FALL OR RISE DURING MARKETIZATION? BY STUDYING RURAL POVERTY IN CHINA, THIS PAPER EXPLOITS HOW MARKETIZATION AFFECTS THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL CAPITAL. WE FIND THAT: (1) SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PUBLIC TRUST CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO REDUCE POVERTY IN RURAL CHINA, ESPECIALLY AT COMMUNITY LEVEL. (2) GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL ON POVERTY FALLS DURING MARKETIZATION, ESPECIALLY THE EFFECT...