社会资本能够降低中国农村家庭脆弱性吗  

Can Social Capital Reduce Household's Vulnerability in Rural China

作　　者：杨文[1] 

机构地区：[1]北京大学社会经济与文化研究中心,北京100871

出　　处：《贵州财经学院学报》2012年第2期86-92,共7页Journal of Guizhou College of Finance and Economics

基　　金：国家留学基金管理委员会资助(资助编号:2011601186)

摘　　要：脆弱性能综合反映家庭贫困和因各种风险所导致的消费波动性。基于对家庭脆弱性的定义和效用函数形式的设定,使用CFPS数据对中国农村家庭脆弱性进行度量,结果表明多数农村家庭是脆弱的。针对农村家庭亲友间频繁的送礼现象,尝试把礼金支出额作为家庭脆弱性模型的解释变量之一,计量结果表明:以礼金支出额为代表的社会资本能有效降低中国农村家庭的脆弱性。Vulnerability can reflect household＇ s poverty and volatility of consumption resulted from various risks. Based on definition of vulnerability and the form setting of utility function this paper adopts CFPS data to measure household s vulnerability in rural China. The result shows that a majority of households are vulnerable in rural China. As to the phenomenon of presenting money as a gift of frequent ceremonial activities ~ this paper attempts to use the amount of presenting money as one of the explanatory variables of the household ＇ s vulnerable model. The econometric result shows that social capital, which is represented by the amount of presenting money can effectively reduce household＇ s vulnerability in rural China.

关 键 词：农村家庭 社会资本 脆弱性 贫困 礼金 

分 类 号：F113.9[经济管理—国际贸易] F224.0[经济管理—世界经济]