中国农村居民的社会资本与捐赠行为

Social Capital and Individual Donation in Rural China

中国的个人捐赠仍处于较低水平,与已有的研究大多从宏观的制度层面和个体的人口统计学特征研究不同,论文从社会资本的角度研究其个人捐赠行为的影响。根据2009年在福建寿宁、江西泰和、崇仁、江苏太仓4地问卷调查的数据,论文分析了社会资本及其他因素对个人捐赠行为的影响。分析表明,人口统计学特征中的年龄、受教育年限、参军经历、党员身份等因素对个人捐赠行为有显著影响;社会经济特征是解释个人捐赠行为的重要变量;社会资本对个人捐赠行为的影响有限,社会经济特征比社会资本更能解释个人捐赠行为。

Individual donation is at a low level in China at present.While existing studies have examined extensively the macro-institutional factors and individual demographic characteristics influencing donation,this study will address social capital's impact on individual donation.Based on the data from the 2009 survey in Shouning,Taihe,Congren and Taicang,this paper examines social capital and other factors influencing individual donation.Regression analysis show that:1) demographic characteristics such as age,education,army service experience and party membership influence individual donation significantly,2) social economic variables have significant impact on individual donation,and 3) variables measuring social capital have limited impact on individual donation.