Effects of land recuperation on farmers’ social capital: a Chinese field analysis

Social capital is an integral part of farmers’ life, which can be exogenously affected by land recuperation. Based on 1240 farmer field survey data in Gansu Province, this paper used the Logit model to analyse influencing factors participation recuperation, and entropy method measure social from three dimensions network, trust norms, further propensity matching score effect recuperation farmers, then compared effects under different fixed ages education groups. The following significantly recuperation: age, years education, migrant workers’ relationships with family friends, relationship between workers friends colleagues workplace, number away home, cultivated area, living standards. Land had greatest promotion farmer’ network (163.9%), followed (28.0%) norm (11.3%). According results group differences, most farmers aged 45–55 household heads educated for 9–12 other age