Overview
- Discusses several major issues in the reform and development of China’s social security system
- Puts forward feasible policy suggestions for establishing a more equitable social security system in China
- Suggests measures for establishing a new rural medical security system
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path (RSCDCDP)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book reviews the development of China’s social security system from 1949 onwards and analyzes its features in each stage. By emphasizing the role of the social security system in regulating income distribution, it points out some problems in the current social security framework that are becoming apparent as the income gap continues to grow. It proposes various measures such as intensifying the reform of the social insurance fund, expanding old age insurance coverage, promoting health equality, and establishing a new rural medical security system that could be employed to improve the system’s equitability, sustainability, and inclusivity.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Security in China: On the Possibility of Equitable Distribution in the Middle Kingdom
Authors: Yanzhong Wang
Series Title: Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5643-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. and Social Sciences Academic Press 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5642-0Published: 11 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5451-9Published: 12 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5643-7Published: 30 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2363-6866
Series E-ISSN: 2363-6874
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 168
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Jointly published with Social Sciences Academic Press, China
Topics: Social Policy, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy