健康与农民收入增长:基于个体层面的经验研究

Health and the Farmers' Income Growth:An Empirical Research Based on the Individual Level

基于中国健康与营养调查(CHNS)面板数据,采用固定效应模型,文章估计了中国农村地区农民的营养与健康状况对农业收入的影响。研究表明,在健康对农民农业收入增长的影响上存在着明显的性别差异,男性和女性农民的健康收益率有较大的差别。热量摄入代表的短期健康状况与农民农业收入之间有显著的相关性,更高的热量摄入是农业收入增长的决定因素之一。而身高、BMI指数和四周发病率代表的长期、中期和短期健康状况对农民的农业收入增长并不显著,这与农业生产的特点以及指标的有效性有关。文章的研究结果为健康人力资本在农民增收中的重要作用提供了经验证据。

based on China health and nutrition survey（CHNS） panel data,using the fixed effect model,this paper estimates the influence of Chinese farmers＇ nutrition and health on agricultural income in rural areas.Research shows that,there are obvious different effects between gender.Calorie intake which represents short-term health status has a significant correlation with income,the higher caloric intake is one of the decisive factors in agricultural income growth.Height,BMI and mobidity incidence which represent the long-term,medium-term and short-term health status are not significant,this ralate to the characteristics of the agricultural production and the effectiveness of the indicators.The results of the study provides empirical evidence for the importance of health human capital in increasing farmers＇ income.