The Experience of Poverty Reduction in Rural China

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ID3330749
AutoresConglong Fang (0000-0003-4735-9929, Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Qingen Gai (0000-0001-6167-0356, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, autor de correspondencia), Chaofei He (0000-0002-6374-0351, Nanjing Audit University), Qinghua Shi (0000-0003-1180-9799, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Año2020
Volumen10
Número4
Fecha de publicación2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSAGE Open (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2158-2440 • E-ISSN: 2158-2440
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2158244020982288
OpenAlexW3115409741
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas21

Since 1978, China has greatly reduced the rural poverty rate. This article provides an overview of the experience of China's poverty reduction. Using panel data from 1996 to 2013 to calculate farmers' income dynamics, we found that the pace of poverty reduction was relatively slow from 1996 to 2002 and that the rate of reversion to poverty was high. Since 2003, the pace of poverty reduction has accelerated, whereas the rate of reversion has decreased. Using econometric ordinary least squares and probit models, we explore the factors that drive poverty reduction. We found correlational evidence that the main reasons for poverty reduction in China since 1996 have been the increase in income from household farms and migrant work. In addition, rural public insurance prevented farmers from falling into poverty

China · Demographic economics · Development economics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Ordinary least squares · Pace · Panel data · Poverty · Poverty reduction · Probit · Probit model · Rural poverty · Socioeconomics · Agricultural risk and resilience · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Income, Poverty, and Inequality