A Deep Analysis of the Chinese Hukou System

This book explores China's hukou system, by which individuals are registered in a specific geographic region, and the prospects for reform. The history of the hukou system and its instrumental role in Chinese urbanization and labor markets is explained, and readers get a sense of what issues are prioritized by Chinese policymakers as they contemplate reform or change to this system, from hukou-based labor market discrimination, inequality of opportunity, multi-dimensional poverty of rural migrants, the public health consequences of non-hukou migration, and old age insurance for migrants without hukous. The author concludes with a stirring and practical call for hukou reform, articulating a cost-benefit model and providing an array of policy suggestions. This book will interest scholars of Chinese society, demographics and future urbanization.

Part I Brief Introduction to China s Hukou System. - Chapter 1: Introduction. - Chapter 2: Current Situation of China s Hukou System. - Part II Comprehensive Impact of the Hukou System. - Chapter 3: Labour Market Discriminations Induced by the Hukou System. - Chapter 4: Unequal Opportunities Induced by the Hukou System. - Chapter 5: The Hukou System and Migrant Workers Multidimensional Poverty. - Chapter 6: Health Impact of the Hukou System on Migrant Workers. - Chapter 7: Impact of the Hukou System on Old-age Care for Migrant Workers. - Part III Hukou System Reform Path Analysis. - Chapter 8: Significance, Current Situation and Difficulties of Hukou System Reform. - Chapter 9: Is Hukou System Reform Cost-effective -- A Simulation Analysis Based on the Labour Market Model. - Chapter 10: Policy Analysis of Hukou System Linkage Reform. - Chapter 11: Policy Recommendations for Hukou System Reform.