2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2006.00533.x
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Left to Market and Family – Again? Ideas and the Development of the Rural Pension Policy in China

Abstract: The rural pension policy in China is characterized by a high degree of instability. In the past  years since the introduction of pilot schemes in some regions, the state has been unable to establish a stable institutional framework for rural old-age security. This article seeks to integrate the theoretical insights from a growing body of international literature on the role of ideas in social policy reform in order to shed new light on the study of Chinese rural pension policy. I argue that the rise of the r… Show more

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“…During the 1950s through the 1970s, in view of its urban-oriented development strategy and state-owned economy, China's first formal pension scheme mainly covered urban workers, while the rural residents could only depend on their land and families for old-age support (Shi, 2006). In the 1990s, the government attempted to establish some form of rural pension insurance on a pilot basis in some well-off counties, which was financed primarily by individual contributions.…”
Section: Rural Pension System In Chinamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…During the 1950s through the 1970s, in view of its urban-oriented development strategy and state-owned economy, China's first formal pension scheme mainly covered urban workers, while the rural residents could only depend on their land and families for old-age support (Shi, 2006). In the 1990s, the government attempted to establish some form of rural pension insurance on a pilot basis in some well-off counties, which was financed primarily by individual contributions.…”
Section: Rural Pension System In Chinamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…China's population has been aging rapidly during the past few decades due to a fall in the population growth rate and an increase in life expectancy (see Appendix (Shi 2006). The proportion of rural farmers insured under the program peaked in 1997 at 15.4%, but it declined to around 11% in 2004.…”
Section: The New Rural Social Pension Insurance Program In Chinamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the meantime, the transition from the collective commune system to the "household responsibility system" dismantled the institutional basis for collective-based old age security system in rural China. Rural people had to rely mainly on their own families for old-age support (Shi, 2006). In 1986, the government initiated some pilot projects for reestablishing a rural pension scheme, starting with well-off counties.…”
Section: China's Rural Pension Systemmentioning
confidence: 99%