农户收入差距微观原因分析:山西的经验证据

本文基于山西农村876户的微观数据集，使用非参数回归对影响农户收入差距的原因加以分析，经验研究的结果发现：1．教育体现出的人力资本是拉大农户收入差距的主要原因：2．物质资本对于减小农户收入的差距有显著影响，土地对于农户收入差距没有显著影响；3．相比较低收入组农户，中等收入农户教育回报高出4．08％，高收入农户教育回报高出6．28％，相反，物质资本回报上，则是中等收入组和高收入组农户分别比低收入组要低5．8％和9．9％。

Reason for Income Inequality in Rural Areas:Evidence from Shanxi Province

This paper employs a sample of 876 households in rural areas from Shanxi and non-parameters method to investigate the reasons for the income inequality in rural areas. The major findings include: (1) human capital is the main reason to enlarge the income inequity. (2) Fixed assets have significant impacts on the income inequity while lands have no effect. (3) The medium and rich groups have higher return (4.08% and 6.28% respectively) on education and lower return (5.8% and 9.9% respectively) on fixed assets.