Regional Difference in Social Capital and Its Impact on Regional Economic Growth in China

中國社會資本的區(qū)域差異及其對區(qū)域經(jīng)濟(jì)增長的影響

PAN Fenghua,HE Canfei

潘峰華,賀燦飛

Department of Urban and Economic Geography,College of Urban and Environmental Science,

Peking University

Abstract:Social capital has played an increasingly important role in regional development.China is a country with high stocks of social capital.Using several different indicators of social capital,this study tries to research the regional disparities in social capital and the influence of social capital on economic growth of China in 1978–2004.Measuring social capital with indicators of associations,charities and blood donation rates,this study finds significant regional disparities in social capital at provincial level in China.Those indicators for social capital are highly correlated with regional economic performance.Statistical analysis shows that social capital has a significant and positive effect on a long-term provincial economic growth.This relationship exists after controlling policy,macro location factors,and per capita GDP in the initial year.The empirical findings indicate that institutions,culture and social relations are critical for regional development in China.Therefore,the creation and support of social capital should be paid more attention to when making regional policy.

社會資本在區(qū)域發(fā)展中發(fā)揮著越來越重要的作用。中國是一個具有很高的社會資本儲備的國家。本文嘗試?yán)靡恍┎煌纳鐣Y本指標(biāo)，來研究社會資本的地區(qū)差距及其對1978年到2004年間中國經(jīng)濟(jì)增長的影響。有諸如協(xié)會，慈善機(jī)構(gòu)和血液捐獻(xiàn)率等衡量社會資本的指標(biāo)，本文研究發(fā)現(xiàn)在中國各省級社會資本存在顯著的地區(qū)差異。這些社會資本的指標(biāo)與區(qū)域經(jīng)濟(jì)成效有著高度的關(guān)聯(lián)性。統(tǒng)計分析表明，社會資本對長期各省的經(jīng)濟(jì)增長有著顯著和積極作用。這一關(guān)系表現(xiàn)在基年的政策，宏觀區(qū)位因素和人均國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值的調(diào)控之后。實證研究結(jié)果顯示，機(jī)構(gòu)、文化和社會關(guān)系在中國區(qū)域發(fā)展中起著的關(guān)鍵性的作用。因些，區(qū)域政策的制定應(yīng)更多的關(guān)注社會資本的創(chuàng)造和支持性作用。

Keywords:social capital;trust;economic growth;transaction cost

1 Introduction

2 Measurement of Social Capital and Data

3 Regional Differences of Social Capital in China

4 Social Capital and Economic Growth

5 Discussion and Conclusions

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文章來源：Chin.Geogra.Sci.2010 20(5)442–449