Institution and Inequality: The Hukou System in ChinaInstitutioninequalityhukou systemChinaWe examine the impact of China's hukou system, which is an institution controlling population movement, on social and economic outcomes at the individual level.Social Science Electronic Publishing...
China’s hukou system was introduced in1958as a modern means of population registration. It was set up as a part of the economic and social reforms of the initial years of the communist regime. In 1985, the hukou system took a large step in manifesting itself in the fabric of everyday s...
The hukou system in China is the system of household registration that identifies a person as being a resident of a particular area.
In many ways, China’shukousystem is a relic of the country’s centrally-planned economy that existed before the economic reform and opening-up began in 1978. While China is no longer a centrally planned economy, the legacy of population management continues to impact its economy. Sincehukoures...
The hukou (household registration) system plays an important role in China's internal migration process. It divides Chinese people into rural (agricultural) hukou holders and urban (non-agricultural) hukou holders. Public services and social welfare are provided based on hukou status, those rural mi...
is china abolishing the hukou system中国废除湖口制度.pdf,582 Is China Abolishing the Hukou System?* Kam Wing Chan and Will Buckingham ABSTRACT In recent years, China has instituted a variety of reforms to its hukou system, an institution with the power t
In China, the geographic-urban dispersion of population and the high spatial inequality is maintained by strong migration restrictions, under thehukousystem.Migration restrictions play such a strong role in the society and economy that it is critical to describe them. The hukou system in China is ...
Household registration in China Hukou certificate of P.R.C.（户口本）The Communist Party instigated a command economy when it came to power in 1949. In 1958, the Chinese government officially promulgated the family register system to control the movement of people between urban and rural areas. ...
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We conduct an experimental study to investigate the causal impact of social identity on individuals' performance under incentives. We focus on China's household registration (hukou) system, which favors urban residents and discriminates against rural residents in resource allocation. Our results show th...