Social Policy and Income Inequality during the Hu-Wen Era: A Progressive Legacy?

被引:20
作者
Gao, Qin [1 ]
Yang, Sui [2 ]
Zhai, Fuhua [3 ]
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Sch Social Work, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] Chinese Acad Med Sci, Rural Dev Inst, Beijing, Peoples R China
[3] Fordham Univ, Grad Sch Social Serv, Bronx, NY 10458 USA
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会; 中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
social policy; income inequality; pensions; health; social assistance; China; MIGRANT WORKERS; PENSION REFORM; CHINA; INSURANCE; IMPLEMENTATION; PARTICIPATION; CHALLENGES;
D O I
10.1017/S0305741018001248
中图分类号
K9 [地理];
学科分类号
060211 [历史文献学(含敦煌学、古文字学)];
摘要
The Hu-Wen era saw significant expansions in social policies in China. How did these policy changes affect income inequality, and did they leave a progressive legacy? Using the China Household income Project (CHIP) 2002, 2007 and 2013 data, this article offers empirical evidence to answer these questions. We find that these social policy changes indeed led to some convergence of the divided urban-rural-migrant social welfare systems and helped curtail the growing income inequality driven by market forces. Measured as the share in household final income, the size of urban social benefits decreased, while those for rural residents and rural-to-urban migrants increased from 2002 to 2013. Social benefits - especially pensions - reduced income inequality in all three groups, although to a much smaller extent for rural residents and migrants as compared to their urban peers. Rural residents also gained from agricultural and livelihood subsidies through the "Building a new socialist countryside" initiative.
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页码:82 / 107
页数:26
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