Reasonable income distribution and eradication of rural poverty are vital for building a moderately prosperous society in all respects in China.This paper primarily examines the income distribution and poverty reducti...Reasonable income distribution and eradication of rural poverty are vital for building a moderately prosperous society in all respects in China.This paper primarily examines the income distribution and poverty reduction effects of social security spending.Market income and redistribution policies are two determinants of income gaps.Based on CHIP2018 household survey data,we find that inadequate income redistribution policies have contributed to yawning income gaps,and that social security spending is more redistributive than personal income tax and social security contributions.After estimating the redistribution effects of social security spending and itemized incomes,we find that pension payments have contributed the most to household income gaps,and that subsistence protection and rural pension payments help improve income distribution.With respect to the poverty reduction effects of social security spending,we have estimated China’s current poverty incidence and the poverty reduction effects of pension payments,healthcare,and educational allowances with CHIP2018 data,and discover that an increase in social security spending may effectively reduce rural poverty.In building a moderately prosperous society in all respects,China should increase social security spending,focusing on specific target groups,and promote the role of social security spending in regulating income distribution and offering social protection to rural residents.展开更多
Over the past 40-plus years since its reform and opening up,China has made remarkable achievements in poverty reduction.It accomplished the task of eradicating absolute poverty at the end of 2020 as scheduled,which i...Over the past 40-plus years since its reform and opening up,China has made remarkable achievements in poverty reduction.It accomplished the task of eradicating absolute poverty at the end of 2020 as scheduled,which is of great significance to both China and the world.Using the China Household Income Project(CHIP)survey data from 2002 to 2018,this paper studies the characteristics of the rural poverty-stricken population and estimates the poverty reduction effect of China’s social security which transfers income to the poor.We find that the transferred income targeting the poor population can effectively reduce rural poverty.In the post-2020 era,poverty reduction in China has shifted its focus from eliminating absolute poverty to alleviating relative poverty.Since the majority of the remaining relatively impoverished people in China lack the necessary ability to work,they can hardly throw off poverty through development-oriented poverty alleviation programmes.Therefore,it is necessary to shift the focus of poverty reduction in rural China from development-oriented policies to social security-based policies,which is essential to alleviate relative poverty in the new stage and prevent people from slipping back to .展开更多
文摘Reasonable income distribution and eradication of rural poverty are vital for building a moderately prosperous society in all respects in China.This paper primarily examines the income distribution and poverty reduction effects of social security spending.Market income and redistribution policies are two determinants of income gaps.Based on CHIP2018 household survey data,we find that inadequate income redistribution policies have contributed to yawning income gaps,and that social security spending is more redistributive than personal income tax and social security contributions.After estimating the redistribution effects of social security spending and itemized incomes,we find that pension payments have contributed the most to household income gaps,and that subsistence protection and rural pension payments help improve income distribution.With respect to the poverty reduction effects of social security spending,we have estimated China’s current poverty incidence and the poverty reduction effects of pension payments,healthcare,and educational allowances with CHIP2018 data,and discover that an increase in social security spending may effectively reduce rural poverty.In building a moderately prosperous society in all respects,China should increase social security spending,focusing on specific target groups,and promote the role of social security spending in regulating income distribution and offering social protection to rural residents.
基金This paper is funded by a Key Project of the National Social Science Fund of China entitled‘The Improvement of Income Redistribution Adjustment Mechanism’[Grant No.20ZDA048].
文摘Over the past 40-plus years since its reform and opening up,China has made remarkable achievements in poverty reduction.It accomplished the task of eradicating absolute poverty at the end of 2020 as scheduled,which is of great significance to both China and the world.Using the China Household Income Project(CHIP)survey data from 2002 to 2018,this paper studies the characteristics of the rural poverty-stricken population and estimates the poverty reduction effect of China’s social security which transfers income to the poor.We find that the transferred income targeting the poor population can effectively reduce rural poverty.In the post-2020 era,poverty reduction in China has shifted its focus from eliminating absolute poverty to alleviating relative poverty.Since the majority of the remaining relatively impoverished people in China lack the necessary ability to work,they can hardly throw off poverty through development-oriented poverty alleviation programmes.Therefore,it is necessary to shift the focus of poverty reduction in rural China from development-oriented policies to social security-based policies,which is essential to alleviate relative poverty in the new stage and prevent people from slipping back to .