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- Begum, Syeda Shahanara, 1960, et al.
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Economic growth and child poverty reduction in Bangladesh and China
- 2012
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In: Journal of Asian Economics. - : Elsevier BV. - 1049-0078. ; 23:1, s. 73-85
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth. It compares the extent as well as profile of child poverty in both countries. Comparisons on the extent of child poverty over time and across countries are made using a decomposition framework attributing child poverty differences to differences in three components: mean child income, demographic circumstances and the distribution of child income. Child poverty is found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The results show that economic growth can reduce child poverty but does not always do so. For understanding changes over time and across countries in the extent of child poverty, it can be necessary to also consider changes/differences in the distribution of child income as well as in the demographic composition.
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- Gustafsson, Björn, 1948, et al.
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Di Bao Receipt and Its Importance for Combating Poverty in Urban China
- 2011
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In: Poverty and Public Policy. ; 3:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Since the second half of the 1990s, economic restructuring in urban China has led to widespread joblessness and income insecurity. The rapid expansion of the system of social assistance, Di Bao, can be understood from this perspective. Using a survey covering large parts of urban China in 2002, we investigate factors affecting receipt and how receipt affects urban poverty. Results from estimating probability models indicate that social assistance receipt is strongly linked to joblessness among household members, the household’s expenditure burden, as well as the lack of financial assets. Furthermore, a long education of the household head and membership in the Communist Party reduces the probability of receiving social assistance while having been sent to rural China during the Cultural Revolution increases it. For some types of households, receipt of Di Bao differs greatly across cities in China. The social assistance payments appear strongly targeted to the poor. However, as the Di Bao payments typically are small and many of the urban poor are not receivers, much urban poverty remains.
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- Gustafsson, Björn, 1948, et al.
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Kinas okända migranter
- 2007
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In: Att byta land och landskap. En vänbok till Jan Ekberg. - 9789176365496 ; , s. 111-122
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)
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- Quheng, Deng, et al.
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A New Episode of Increased Urban Income Inequality in China
- 2020
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In: Research on China’s Income Distribution and Labor Market (Vol.2, Ch.11). - Beijing, P.R. China : China Human Resources & Social Security Publishing Group Co., Ltd. - 9787516743188 ; , s. 246-280
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)
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- Quheng, Deng, et al.
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China’s Lesser Known Migrants
- 2020
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In: Research on China’s Income Distribution and Labor Market (Vol.12, Ch.14). - Beijing, P.R. China : China Human Resources & Social Security Publishing Group Co., Ltd. - 9787516743133 ; , s. 315-336
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- Quheng, Deng, et al.
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Intergenerational Income Persistence in Urban China
- 2013
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In: The Review of Income and Wealth. - : Wiley. - 0034-6586. ; 59:3, s. 416-436
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Intergenerational income elasticities are estimated using samples for urban China (covering many cities) for the years 1995 and 2002 and compared with results from other studies. We find that the income relation between the pairs: sons and fathers, sons and mothers and daughters and mothers, are in 2002 all similar in magnitude. In contrast the relation between daughters’ and fathers’ income is weaker. The income relationship between offspring and mothers was weaker in 1995 than in 2002. Our preferred estimates of income persistence for the son-father pairs of 0.47 for 1995 and 0.53 for 2002 are higher than what has been reported in the literature for several high-income countries with large welfare states. The strength of the income link between sons and fathers in urban China appears to be not very different from what has been reported for countries such as Brazil, Chile and the United States.
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- Quheng, Deng, et al.
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The Hukou Converters - China's lesser known rural to urban migrants
- 2014
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In: Journal of Contemporary China. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1067-0564 .- 1469-9400. ; 23:88, s. 657-679
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper studies people born in rural China who now live in urban areas of China and possess a residence permit, an urban hukou; these are the hukou converters and they are examined using large datasets covering substantial parts of China in 2002. According to our estimates, there are 107 million hukou converters constituting 20 percent of the registered population of China’s urban areas. Presence of a high employment rate in the city, that the city is small or medium-sized, and that the city is located in the middle or western part of China are factors which cause the ratio of converters in the registered city population to be comparatively high. The probability of becoming a hukou converter is strongly linked to having parents with relatively high human and social capital and belonging to the ethnic majority. Compared to their rural-born peers left behind as well as to migrants who have kept their rural hukous, the hukou converters have much higher per capita household incomes. Years of schooling and CPC membership contribute to this difference but most of the difference remains unexplained in a statistical sense, signalling large incentives to urbanise as well as to receive an urban hukou. While living a very different life from their peers left behind, the economic circumstances of China’s hukou converters at the destination are on average similar to the urban-born population. Hukou converters who receive an urban hukou before age 25 do well in the labour market and we have reported indications that they actually overtake urban-born peers regarding earnings. In contrast, hukou migrants who receive an urban hukou after age 25 never catch up with their urban-born counterparts in terms of earnings.
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