Overview

This book explores China's hukou system, by which individuals are registered in a specific geographic region, and the prospects for reform. The history of the hukou system and its instrumental role in Chinese urbanization and labor markets is explained, and readers get a sense of what issues are prioritized by Chinese policymakers as they contemplate reform or change to this system, from hukou-based labor market discrimination, inequality of opportunity, multi-dimensional poverty of rural migrants, the public health consequences of non-hukou migration, and old age insurance for migrants without hukous. The author concludes with a stirring and practical call for hukou reform, articulating a cost-benefit model and providing an array of policy suggestions. This book will interest scholars of Chinese society, demographics and future urbanization. 

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Author:   Yang Song
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.534kg
ISBN:  

9789819935000

ISBN 10:   9819935008
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   27 June 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

 Part I A Description of the Hukou System Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Facts of the Hukou System   Part II Impacts of the Hukou System Chapter 3 Hukou-based Labor Market Discrimination Chapter 4 Hukou-based Inequality of Opportunity Chapter 5 Multi-dimensional Poverty of Rural Migrants Chapter 6 Impact of the Hukou System on Health of Rural Migrants Chapter 7 Impact of the Hukou System on Old-age Insurances of Rural Migrants  Part III The Reform Paths of the Hukou System Chapter 8 The Significances, Facts, and Difficulties of the Hukou Reform Chapter 9 Costs and Benefits of the Hukou Reform Chapter 10 Coordinated Reforms of the Hukou System and Land Policy Chapter 11 Policy Suggestions of the Hukou Reform

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Yang Song is currently a Professor and Assistant Dean of School of Economics at Renmin University of China; he obtained a Ph. D degree in Economics from the Department of Economics at Cornell University in 2013. His research interest mainly lies in labor and development economics with a focus on income distribution and labor market issues in China. 

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