The evolution of China's social policies

Economic Change and Restructuring

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-141

  Herd, Richard ^a,b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ageing; China; Health care; Household registration; Hukou; Income inequality; Labour mobility; Migration; Pension projections; Pension system; Portability; Poverty; Replacement ratios; Retirement; Retirement age; Social assistance; Spatial inequality

Indexed keywords

AGING; HEALTH CARE; INCOME; LABOR MOBILITY; PENSION SYSTEM; POVERTY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84874950500     PISSN: 15739414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10644-012-9138-z     Document Type: Article

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