Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Rural Education on Income Distribution of Rural Labor Force - A Case of Yongchuan District, Chongqing

Taking rural labor force in Yongchuan District as the investigation object and based on the data information collected from the 1000 questionnaires in Yongchuan District from July to September 2009,Mencerian Rate of Return is used to discuss the effects of rural education on income distribution of rural labor force through correlation analysis ,regression analysis ,and estimated value analysis. Result shows that the annual income of investigation object has significant linear positive correlation with education degree at 0.01 level, and has significant negative correlation with working age at 0.05 level. There are positive correlation between education degree and working age at both 0.01 and 0.05 levels. According to the personal income of labor forces with different education degrees, people with higher education degree has relatively lower agricultural income. The management income shows the W-shaped curve and wage income shows an increasing trend. There are significant differences in Mencerian Rate of Return at all levels of education. The overall return of education reaches 5.2%. Personal relative return shows an increasing trend in different education degrees from primary school to junior college, which has all passed the significant test. Among them, education return of junior college degree is the highest, while that of primary school is the lowest. Working age and working age square have no significant impact on personal return of education.