A Deep Analysis of the Chinese Hukou System: Facts, Impacts, and Reform Paths

Song, Yang

This book explores China's hukou system, by which individuals are registered in a specific geographic region, and the prospects for reform. The history of the hukou system and its instrumental role in Chinese urbanization and labor markets is explained, and readers get a sense of what issues are prioritized by Chinese policymakers as they contemplate reform or change to this system, from hukou-based labor market discrimination, inequality of opportunity, multi-dimensional poverty of rural migrants, the public health consequences of non-hukou migration, and old age insurance for migrants without hukous. The author concludes with a stirring and practical call for hukou reform, articulating a cost-benefit model and providing an array of policy suggestions. This book will interest scholars of Chinese society, demographics and future urbanization. 

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2024-06-28

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9789819935031

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-3501-7

Dimensions: 210.0cm x148.0cm

Pages: 290.0