A growing body of literature, which primarily focuses on the developed world, investigates
the implications of financial literacy (or lack thereof) on households' well-being. This paper …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish the main factors influencing willingness to
pay for health insurance and pension schemes among informal workers in low-and middle …

The COVID-19 pandemic is a reminder that insufficient income security in periods of ill
health leads to economic hardship for individuals and hampers disease control efforts as …

This article explores the relationships among neoliberalism, social policy expansion and
authoritarian politics in contemporary China. It argues that in the era of neoliberalism, rising …

The existing literature suggests that external shocks, such as pandemics, stimulate people's
demand for social protections and prompt them to favor short-term social consumption over …

Rural to urban migrants are the dominant component of population growth in China's coastal
cities. China's unique household registration system has excluded migrants from most public …

This study adopts a nationwide survey data set between 2005 and 2013 (Chinese General
Social Survey) to explore the influence of the massification of higher education on the …

This study examines the causal effects of having a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) branch
on the coverage of labour contracts and social insurance among employees in private …

The welfare system can be a crucial factor in the urban settlement of rural migrants, but its
effects are difficult to determine because to do so one must distinguish the effect of welfare …

China is undergoing important reforms in its welfare system, and some scholars agree that a
new 'social policy era'took place in the 2000s–2010s. Although welfare development …