Fiscal decentralization has been a fundamental aspect of China's transition to a market economy; and the country has … comprehensive review of China¡¯s experience in fiscal decentralization over the last decade, explore the impact of fiscal … reform. As the government is shifting the development policy towards building a harmonious society, aspects of the current …

This paper sheds light on the heavy financial burden on peasants in China's fiscal decentralization system. Using a … political economy framework, this paper explores the tax-farming nature of China's fiscally decentralized system and examines … hierarchy financed by a tax-farming system in China, fails to contain the exploitative behavior of local officials, which …

This paper sheds light on the heavy financial burden on peasants in China's fiscal decentralization system. Using a … political economy framework, this paper explores the tax-farming nature of China's fiscally decentralized system and examines … hierarchy financed by a tax-farming system in China, fails to contain the exploitative behavior of local officials, which …

China. Design/methodology/approach – This paper adopts a time approach, meaning the paper is organized by initiate … residents. The RCMS has achieved the initial goals of the policy reform: mitigating farmers' financial burden, increasing the … provides a brief and general image of the Chinese RCMS and helps people to understand the RCMS in China. …

Purpose – The New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS), implemented in China since 2003, has greatly increased the … purpose of this paper is to empirically study the effects of medical insurance on durables consumption in rural China. Design …/methodology/approach – Using China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data, the authors study the effects of medical insurance on durable goods …

Medical Scheme (NRCMS), as well as in outpatient and inpatient service utilization, in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. Design … study to empirically test the adverse selection in China's medical insurance market from the perspective of two different …

to find out the effects of NHIS on hospital staffs’ financial burden and satisfaction with services rendered in a …