Minimum income programme and welfare dependency in China
| Autor: | Ludovico Carraro, Yuebin Xu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Economic growth
Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Headline Focus group 0506 political science 050906 social work Work (electrical) Welfare dependency Cash Unemployment 050602 political science & public administration Economics Survey data collection 0509 other social sciences China media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Social Welfare. 26:141-150 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2397 1369-6866 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ijsw.12247 |
| Popis: | In the mid-1990s China introduced a means-test cash benefit called the Minimum Living Standard Guarantee System (dibao). Alongside the increases in both the number of beneficiaries and the budget, there is growing public concern that dibao is creating welfare dependency. Using survey data collected in three cities in China, we investigated to what extent dibao beneficiaries look for work. Focus group discussions were held with programme administrators and beneficiaries. While headline figures suggest that a considerable proportion of beneficiaries are of working-age and able to work, their personal and household circumstances are important factors in determining their long-term unemployment. There are also dibao design issues that have created financial disincentives to work. The specific origins of the policy of addressing the problem created by layoffs of inefficient state-owned enterprises are still affecting the implementation of the programme and preventing it from playing a significant role in poverty reduction. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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