Abstract
The supply of rural public products, as an important indicator to measure rural economic development, plays an important role in improving the quality of life of farmers and promoting the harmonious development of rural society. However, the current supply of public goods in China’s rural areas cannot meet the growing needs of farmers. Therefore, this article intends to analyze the specific situation of Chinese villagers’ willingness to participate in the supply of rural public products from the perspective of social capital, using the 2018 new rural community governance data and using the binary Logit model. The results of the study show that villagers are generally not very enthusiastic about participating in the supply of public goods in the village. The willingness of villagers in different regions to participate in the supply of public goods in the village is significantly different, and the eastern region is far lower than the western and central regions. Among the various dimensions of social capital, social trust, social networks and social participation of villagers to partake in village transport facilities, medical facilities and clean energy supply facilities willingness to have a significant positive impact. The gender of the villagers, whether he is a village official or not, and the degree of psychological cognition all have a significant positive impact on the willingness of the villagers to participate. Therefore, the Chinese government should pay attention to the positive effect of the informal system on villagers' participation in supply, actively cultivate and develop villagers' social capital in different dimensions, and arrange the supply of village public products in a reasonable manner according to the level of village development in accordance with local conditions.
Highlights
The imbalance of urban and rural development is one of the prominent contradictions in China’s current economic life
From the perspective of the overall willingness of farmers to participate in the supply of public goods in the village, in addition to the 70.4% of farmers who choose to participate in the supply of village transportation facilities, the proportion of farmers who choose to participate in the supply of village medical facilities and clean energy facilities is only 65.5% and 64.9% (Table 1)
It can be seen from this that the enthusiasm of farmers to participate in the supply of public goods in the village is not high; from the average of social trust, social network, and social participation, the overall level of trust and social network in rural society is relatively high, but the level of social participation low, It shows that most farmers in China are not paying enough attention to village public affairs, and their participation in some social organizations is very low; from the control variables, the sample farmers are mostly male, with an average age of about 46 years old, and their overall education low
Summary
The imbalance of urban and rural development is one of the prominent contradictions in China’s current economic life. (Yang & Li, 2015) The problem makes it difficult to narrow the gap in the supply of public goods between urban and rural areas in China. How to effectively solve the problem of the supply gap of urban and rural public products is the key to achieving the goal of equalization of basic public services in urban and rural areas. Studying the influencing factors of farmers’ willingness to participate in the supply of public products in villages is of great significance to increase farmers’ enthusiasm for participating in the supply of public products in villages, improve the level of rural public product supply, and narrow the gap between urban and rural public product supply
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