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

中国社会资本的区域差异及其对区域经济增长的影响

PAN Fenghua,HE Canfei

潘峰华,贺灿飞

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.

社会资本在区域发展中发挥着越来越重要的作用。中国是一个具有很高的社会资本储备的国家。本文尝试利用一些不同的社会资本指标，来研究社会资本的地区差距及其对1978年到2004年间中国经济增长的影响。有诸如协会，慈善机构和血液捐献率等衡量社会资本的指标，本文研究发现在中国各省级社会资本存在显著的地区差异。这些社会资本的指标与区域经济成效有着高度的关联性。统计分析表明，社会资本对长期各省的经济增长有着显著和积极作用。这一关系表现在基年的政策，宏观区位因素和人均国内生产总值的调控之后。实证研究结果显示，机构、文化和社会关系在中国区域发展中起着的关键性的作用。因些，区域政策的制定应更多的关注社会资本的创造和支持性作用。

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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文章来源：Chin.Geogra.Sci.2010 20(5)442–449