This paper reviews the growing literature on social protection. While not new, the concept
evolved remarkably in recent years. It is approached from a multitude of perspectives, and …

The Chinese system is like no other known to man, now or in history. This book explains
how the system works and where it may be moving. Drawing on Chinese and international …

The COVID-19 pandemic is a reminder that insufficient income security in periods of ill
health leads to economic hardship for individuals and hampers disease control efforts as …

After China's recent great success in eliminating absolute poverty, addressing relative
income inequality becomes a more important issue. This survey finds that income inequality …

A general equilibrium model that properly captures the risks in old age, the role of family
insurance, changes in demographics, and the productivity growth rate is capable of …

This paper analyzes China's rural minimum living standard guarantee (dibao) program, one
of the largest minimum income cash transfer schemes in the world, and examines possible …

Recent studies of policy and policy actors in C hina have made use of the policy
entrepreneur concept that has been popular in studies of policy in N orth A merica and E …

Through a survey of current social policy arrangements and historical trajectories, the
emerging Chinese welfare state is positioned in relation to the main models in the literature …

Food insecurity is a much more serious concern in India than China. In addition to income
and poverty differences, we argue in this paper that differences in food policies can further …

Using data from the Chinese Household Income Project surveys for 1988, 1995, 2002 and
2013, we investigate the role of public pensions in income inequality among households …