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Article: Poverty incidence and concentration in different social groups in urban China, a case study of Nanjing
Title | Poverty incidence and concentration in different social groups in urban China, a case study of Nanjing |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Nanjing Poverty Concentration Poverty Incidence Urban China |
Issue Date | 2008 |
Publisher | Pergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cities |
Citation | Cities, 2008, v. 25 n. 3, p. 121-132 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Based on a large-scale household survey conducted in Nanjing in 2005, this study aims to provide a better understanding of poverty incidence in a contemporary Chinese city, as well as poverty concentration in different social groups. This study reveals a much higher and more realistic poverty incidence among working urban residents, unemployed/laid-off urban residents and rural migrants than the official statistics suggest. To understand poverty concentration in different social groups, the 1370 cases are classified into various categories by hukou status, number of unemployed family members, age, educational attainment and occupation of the head of the household as well as housing tenure. These groups are further categorized into urban households without unemployed, urban households with unemployed, and rural migrants. We compared three types of poverty measures (i.e. FGT indices, the sense of deprivation, and MLSS coverage rate), are compared across different social groups to show different patterns of poverty concentration, in particular the variation in three types of households. This study has multiple policy implications for alleviating poverty in urban China. First, it identifies a huge gap in the existing social safety net. Second, it recognizes several social groups that endure multiple disadvantages and several groups that are unprotected by a social safety net. Third, it confirms the enduring and widening urban-rural division, and suggests that rural migrants remain outside the urban society in terms of both living conditions and social welfare provision. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/183453 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 6.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.733 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | He, S | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Y | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Wu, F | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Webster, C | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-27T08:38:09Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-27T08:38:09Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Cities, 2008, v. 25 n. 3, p. 121-132 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0264-2751 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/183453 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Based on a large-scale household survey conducted in Nanjing in 2005, this study aims to provide a better understanding of poverty incidence in a contemporary Chinese city, as well as poverty concentration in different social groups. This study reveals a much higher and more realistic poverty incidence among working urban residents, unemployed/laid-off urban residents and rural migrants than the official statistics suggest. To understand poverty concentration in different social groups, the 1370 cases are classified into various categories by hukou status, number of unemployed family members, age, educational attainment and occupation of the head of the household as well as housing tenure. These groups are further categorized into urban households without unemployed, urban households with unemployed, and rural migrants. We compared three types of poverty measures (i.e. FGT indices, the sense of deprivation, and MLSS coverage rate), are compared across different social groups to show different patterns of poverty concentration, in particular the variation in three types of households. This study has multiple policy implications for alleviating poverty in urban China. First, it identifies a huge gap in the existing social safety net. Second, it recognizes several social groups that endure multiple disadvantages and several groups that are unprotected by a social safety net. Third, it confirms the enduring and widening urban-rural division, and suggests that rural migrants remain outside the urban society in terms of both living conditions and social welfare provision. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Pergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cities | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Cities | en_US |
dc.subject | Nanjing | en_US |
dc.subject | Poverty Concentration | en_US |
dc.subject | Poverty Incidence | en_US |
dc.subject | Urban China | en_US |
dc.title | Poverty incidence and concentration in different social groups in urban China, a case study of Nanjing | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Webster, C: cwebster@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Webster, C=rp01747 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.cities.2008.02.001 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-44649140470 | en_US |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-44649140470&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 25 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 121 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 132 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000257565900001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | He, S=8621446800 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Liu, Y=8388500700 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Wu, F=7403463877 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Webster, C=7201838784 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0264-2751 | - |