Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China

This paper first reviews the history of social insurance policy and coverage in urban China, documenting the evolution in the coverage of pensions and medical and unemployment insurance for both local residents and migrants, and highlighting obstac...

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Main Authors:	Giles, John, Wang, Dewen, Park, Albert
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES AGED BENEFICIARIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COMPENSATION COMPETITIVENESS CONTRIBUTION RATE CONTRIBUTION RATES DISABILITY DISABILITY INSURANCE DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC REVIEW EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY SUPPORT FEMALE FINANCIAL RISK GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDERS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HOME INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSURANCE INSURANCE BENEFITS INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE FUNDS INSURANCE LAW INSURANCE PLANS INSURANCE SYSTEMS LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LAWS LAYOFF LIBERALIZATION LOW INCOME MARITAL STATUS MATERNITY LEAVE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CARE COSTS MEDICAL EXPENDITURE MEDICAL EXPENSES MEDICAL INSURANCE MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL SYSTEM MIGRANTS MIGRATION OLD AGE INSURANCE PENSION PENSION FUNDS PENSIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH PREGNANCY PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT RATES RESIDENCE RESIDENCES RETIREMENT INCOME SANCTION SANCTIONS SCREENING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEM SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SOCIAL WELFARE SUSTAINABILITY TAKE HOME PAY UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WILL WOMAN WORK INJURY INSURANCE WORKPLACE
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spelling	okr-10986-158552021-04-23T14:03:23Z Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China Giles, John Wang, Dewen Park, Albert ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES AGED BENEFICIARIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COMPENSATION COMPETITIVENESS CONTRIBUTION RATE CONTRIBUTION RATES DISABILITY DISABILITY INSURANCE DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC REVIEW EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY SUPPORT FEMALE FINANCIAL RISK GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDERS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HOME INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSURANCE INSURANCE BENEFITS INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE FUNDS INSURANCE LAW INSURANCE PLANS INSURANCE SYSTEMS LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LAWS LAYOFF LIBERALIZATION LOW INCOME MARITAL STATUS MATERNITY LEAVE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CARE COSTS MEDICAL EXPENDITURE MEDICAL EXPENSES MEDICAL INSURANCE MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL SYSTEM MIGRANTS MIGRATION OLD AGE INSURANCE PENSION PENSION FUNDS PENSIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH PREGNANCY PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT RATES RESIDENCE RESIDENCES RETIREMENT INCOME SANCTION SANCTIONS SCREENING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEM SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SOCIAL WELFARE SUSTAINABILITY TAKE HOME PAY UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WILL WOMAN WORK INJURY INSURANCE WORKPLACE This paper first reviews the history of social insurance policy and coverage in urban China, documenting the evolution in the coverage of pensions and medical and unemployment insurance for both local residents and migrants, and highlighting obstacles to expanding coverage. The paper then uses two waves of the China Urban Labor Survey, conducted in 2005 and 2010, to examine the correlates of social insurance participation before and after implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law. A higher labor tax wedge is associated with a lower probability that local employed residents participate in social insurance programs, but is not associated with participation of wage-earning migrants, who are more likely to be dissuaded by fragmentation of the social insurance system. The existing gender gap in social insurance coverage is explained by differences in coverage across industrial sectors and firm ownership classes in which men and women work. 2013-09-26T15:16:42Z 2013-09-26T15:16:42Z 2013-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17912284/expanding-social-insurance-coverage-urban-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15855 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6497 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China
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topic	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES AGED BENEFICIARIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COMPENSATION COMPETITIVENESS CONTRIBUTION RATE CONTRIBUTION RATES DISABILITY DISABILITY INSURANCE DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC REVIEW EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY SUPPORT FEMALE FINANCIAL RISK GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDERS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HOME INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSURANCE INSURANCE BENEFITS INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE FUNDS INSURANCE LAW INSURANCE PLANS INSURANCE SYSTEMS LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LAWS LAYOFF LIBERALIZATION LOW INCOME MARITAL STATUS MATERNITY LEAVE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CARE COSTS MEDICAL EXPENDITURE MEDICAL EXPENSES MEDICAL INSURANCE MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL SYSTEM MIGRANTS MIGRATION OLD AGE INSURANCE PENSION PENSION FUNDS PENSIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH PREGNANCY PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT RATES RESIDENCE RESIDENCES RETIREMENT INCOME SANCTION SANCTIONS SCREENING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEM SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SOCIAL WELFARE SUSTAINABILITY TAKE HOME PAY UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WILL WOMAN WORK INJURY INSURANCE WORKPLACE
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES AGED BENEFICIARIES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COMPENSATION COMPETITIVENESS CONTRIBUTION RATE CONTRIBUTION RATES DISABILITY DISABILITY INSURANCE DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC REVIEW EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY SUPPORT FEMALE FINANCIAL RISK GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER INEQUALITY GENDERS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HOME INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSURANCE INSURANCE BENEFITS INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS INSURANCE COVERAGE INSURANCE FUNDS INSURANCE LAW INSURANCE PLANS INSURANCE SYSTEMS LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LAWS LAYOFF LIBERALIZATION LOW INCOME MARITAL STATUS MATERNITY LEAVE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CARE COSTS MEDICAL EXPENDITURE MEDICAL EXPENSES MEDICAL INSURANCE MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL SYSTEM MIGRANTS MIGRATION OLD AGE INSURANCE PENSION PENSION FUNDS PENSIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH PREGNANCY PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT RATES RESIDENCE RESIDENCES RETIREMENT INCOME SANCTION SANCTIONS SCREENING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEM SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SOCIAL WELFARE SUSTAINABILITY TAKE HOME PAY UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WILL WOMAN WORK INJURY INSURANCE WORKPLACE Giles, John Wang, Dewen Park, Albert Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China
geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific China
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6497
description	This paper first reviews the history of social insurance policy and coverage in urban China, documenting the evolution in the coverage of pensions and medical and unemployment insurance for both local residents and migrants, and highlighting obstacles to expanding coverage. The paper then uses two waves of the China Urban Labor Survey, conducted in 2005 and 2010, to examine the correlates of social insurance participation before and after implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law. A higher labor tax wedge is associated with a lower probability that local employed residents participate in social insurance programs, but is not associated with participation of wage-earning migrants, who are more likely to be dissuaded by fragmentation of the social insurance system. The existing gender gap in social insurance coverage is explained by differences in coverage across industrial sectors and firm ownership classes in which men and women work.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Giles, John Wang, Dewen Park, Albert
author_facet	Giles, John Wang, Dewen Park, Albert
author_sort	Giles, John
title	Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China
title_short	Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China
title_full	Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China
title_fullStr	Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China
title_full_unstemmed	Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China
title_sort	expanding social insurance coverage in urban china
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17912284/expanding-social-insurance-coverage-urban-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15855
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Expanding Social Insurance Coverage in Urban China

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