Abstract:Based on the survey data on land-lost peasants from 3 towns and 10 villages in Yangling,Shaanxi province,this paper uses logistic model to analyze influence of livelihood assets on land-lost peasant’s self-employment,especially influence of human capital,social capital and financial capital on land-lost peasant’s self-employment.The result shows that in human capital,age and educational background have a strong influence on land-lost peasant’s self-employment; while in social capital,marital status,the number of friends for frequent touch and the number of people from whom the peasants could loan have a strong influence on land-lost peasant’s self-employment.Financial capital is the key factor in the total incomes of family last year plays a very important role in land-lost peasant’s self-employment.In addition,old housing demolition is the key factor in influencing land-lost peasant’s self-employment.