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The investment of human capital of peasant household and the growth of farmers¡¯ income

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  • GUO Zhiyi

    (School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China)

  • CHANG Ye

    (School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China)

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Based on an analysis of some theories, this paper studies the relationships among rural household investments and their interaction with farmer income increase empirically by the data of 1983-2005. The findings are: (1) Health investment makes against the growth of farmer, human capital investments for other types, besides, it can not satisfy the needs of farmer. (2) Although migration investment is useful to the growth of farmer income, education and health investment, its effects is time lagged. (3) Education investment has the biggest effects on the growth of farmer income; besides, it also reduces the cost of migration. However, this reduction is a bit small. Finally, some brief suggestions are put forward based on the analysis.

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  • GUO Zhiyi & CHANG Ye, 2008. "The investment of human capital of peasant household and the growth of farmers¡¯ income," Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, Higher Education Press, vol. 3(2), pages 296-311, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:fec:journl:v:3:y:2008:i:2:p:296-311
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    Keywords

    rural household investments in human capital; growth of farmers¡¯ income; VEC model;
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    JEL classification:

    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • J43 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Agricultural Labor Markets

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