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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816505703321

Autore

Fan Lida

Titolo

Social policy and migration in China / / Lida Fan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-71820-6

1-283-12681-8

9786613126818

1-136-71821-4

0-203-81588-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 p.)

Collana

Routledge contemporary China series ; ; 70

Disciplina

304.80951/09051

Soggetti

Migration, Internal - China

China Social policy 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Theoretical background and analytical framework -- A five decade journey to the freedom to move : an institutional analysis on the vicissitude of migration policy -- Measuring interprovincial flow of human capital -- Determinants of interprovincial migration -- A proposal for an institutional change in migration policy -- Threading together and final conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the interactions between social policy and migration in China. Using a theoretical framework of institutional economics, Lida Fan's discussion examines migration regulations, household registration, social welfare and insurance, employment, education, housing, medical care and industrial strategies with a view to answering the following questions:What was/is the role of social policy in migration before and after the reform period? What are the impacts of migration on the regional redistribution of human capital as a major source of regional developme