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Welfare, Work, and Poverty - Social Assistance in China (Hardcover)
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Welfare, Work, and Poverty - Social Assistance in China (Hardcover)
Series: International Policy Exchange Series
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Welfare, Work, and Poverty provides the first systematic and
comprehensive evaluation of the impacts and effectiveness of
China's primary social assistance program - Minimum Livelihood
Guarantee, or Dibao - 20 years after its inception. Dibao serves
the dual function of (a) providing a basic safety net for the poor
and (b) maintaining social and political stability. Despite
currently being the world's largest welfare program in terms of
population coverage, evidence on Dibao's performance has been
lacking. This book offers important new empirical evidence and
draws policy lessons that are timely and useful for both China and
beyond. Specifically, author Qin Gao addresses the following
questions: * How effective has Dibao been in targeting the poor and
alleviating poverty? * Have the Dibao recipients been dependent on
welfare or able to move from welfare to work? * How has Dibao
affected their consumption patterns and subjective well-being? * Do
they use the Dibao subsidy to meet survival needs (such as food,
clothing, and shelter) or invest in human capital (such as health
and education)? * Are they distressed by the stigma associated with
receiving Dibao or do they become more optimistic about future and
enjoy greater life satisfaction because of the Dibao support? * And
finally, what policy lessons can we learn from the existing
evidence in order to strengthen and improve Dibao in the future?
Answers to these questions not only help us gain an in-depth
understanding of Dibao's performance, but also add the Chinese case
to the growing international literature on comparative welfare
studies. Welfare, Work, and Poverty is essential reading for
political scientists, economists, sociologists, public policy
researchers, and social workers interested in learning about and
understanding contemporary China.
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