fail. Using a unique dataset from a recent household survey conducted in urban China, we find evidence that private … transfers respond to low household income of retired workers when income falls below the poverty line. This finding is … consistent with an altruistic motive for transfers at low levels of household income. At the same time, however, the transfer …

China has made great progress in weaving its social safety net in the new century. By constructing the three pillars of … its social protection system – the pension system, the medical care system, and social assistance – China is trying to … cover all its people under the system. Regardless of these great achievements in coverage, China has been facing challenges …

As of year-end 2019, nonfinancial business debt (BD) and household debt (HD) as a share of GDP were at similar levels …

This paper studies the impact of remittances on the savings behaviour of rural households in China, using a cross …

Using data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large Chinese cities at year end 2001, we quantify the …, with most job-leavers relying upon private assistance to support consumption, mainly from other household members. …

With the aid of an analytical framework of the Lewis model revised to reflect the experience of China, this paper … China’s growth as achieved during the course of economic reform and the opening-up of the country: the exploitation of the … the approaching turning point in China’s economic development and examines a host of challenges facing the country in …

With the aid of an analytical framework of the Lewis model revised to reflect the experience of China, this paper … China?s growth as achieved during the course of economic reform and the opening-up of the country: the exploitation of the … the approaching turning point in China?s economic development and examines a host of challenges facing the country in …