Social capital and Rotating Labor Associations in rural China

Shun Wang*

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Abstract

This paper studies social capital and households' participation in Rotating Labor Associations (ROLAs) in rural China. I employ both self-reported trust and the presence of village temple prior to 1949 as proxies for social capital. I find that households in communities with higher levels of social capital are more likely to participate in ROLAs, using household data collected from the Gansu province in China.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)243-253
Number of pages11
JournalChina Economic Review
Volume53
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Labor exchange
  • Rotating labor associations
  • Social capital
  • Trust
  • Village temples

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