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Increasing The Farmer's Income From The View Of Human Capital

Posted on:2007-11-30Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:W J YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:1119360182495109Subject:Political economy
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san nong issue is the most difficult problem in our economic and social development, which is mainly reflected by the farmer's lower income, the serious employment problem and the slow development of rural social politics and economy. The long-term lower income influences our country's politics, economy and society and has a bearing on the rural steady and the state's permanent stability. So it is the basic starting point and the destination point of agricultural and rural economic development to increase the farmer's income.It can be concluded from the analysis of the farmer's income: The farmer's income experienced a high-speed increase at the beginning of the reform and openness, but increased slowly since the middle 1980s and even decreased in some year. The source, nature and form of the farmer's income have been changing. The gap between the urban and rural income and consumption is continuously enlarging. The regional gap of the farmer's income and consumption is also expanding.There are heated arguments on how to increase the farmer's income in the theoretical field. The scholars explained the issue from different point of views. After summarized the related documents in and abroad, it is considered in the article that it can stand the test of agreement of logic deduction and the factual experience only from the aspect of human capital. Thus, this article probes into the issue of increasing the farmer's income just from this aspect.To raise the human capital level is not only the basic motive force to continuously increase the country's wealthy, but also the basic reasons to increase personal income. Owing to the strong relationship between human capital and personal income, the farmers can increase their income only by raising their human capital level to grasp the favorable economic chances. However, the farmer's formal education, vocational training, health and migratory capability must be invested to raise human capital level.Chinese farmer is the combination of "rational farmer" and "moral farmer". They will actively invest on human capital to raise the human capital level on the basis of...
Keywords/Search Tags:farmer's income, human capital, market failure, government failure, institutional arrangement
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