Ethnic diversity and social welfare provision in non-democracies
Evidence from China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6299860 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yichen Guan (0000-0002-3720-9014, Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 85-102 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0192512120907115 |
| OpenAlex | W3009199089 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 34 |
A large body of literature suggests that ethnic diversity matters to social welfare provision in democracies by lowering the demand for public projects, but it does not look at the impact of ethnic diversity on social welfare provision in authoritarian regimes. By analyzing county-level data on ethnic composition and public spending on social welfare in China, this study finds that in an authoritarian settings, ethnic diversity is correlated with a higher share of social welfare spending. Despite the divergent preferences people may have for social welfare provision due to ethnic diversity, local Chinese government tends to provide a larger share of social welfare spending in ethnically fragmented places to improve the general well-being of the population and maintain regime stability. This finding extends our understanding of the relationship between ethnic diversity and social welfare provision in non-democratic settings, shedding new light on how regime type affects the shaping of local fiscal policy
Authoritarianism · Cultural diversity · Democracy · Demographic economics · Development economics · Diversity (politics · Economics · Ethnic group · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Population · Public economics · Social policy · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Religion and Society Interactions · Social Capital and Networks
The Political Economy of Protest and Patience
Beta Regression for Modelling Rates and Proportions
Linguistic Diversity and Redistribution
Regression analysis of variates observed on (0, 1)
State Capacity and Local Agent Control in China
Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance
Ethnic Diversity, Public Spending, and Individual Support for the Welfare State
Fractionalization
Democracy and Development
Race and Charitable Church Activity
Who trusts others
Ethnic and Cultural Diversity by Country
Participation in Heterogeneous Communities
Group Loyalty and the Taste for Redistribution
Earnings among nine ethnic minorities and the Han majority in China's cities
Why Americans hate welfare
Racial Attitudes and Opposition to Welfare
Civic Engagement and Community Heterogeneity
Credible Power-Sharing and the Longevity of Authoritarian Rule
Authoritarian Institutions and the Survival of Autocrats
Sources of Authoritarian Responsiveness
Public Goods and Ethnic Divisions
Solidary Groups, Informal Accountability, and Local Public Goods Provision in Rural China
Economic versus Cultural Differences
"Race Coding" and White Opposition to Welfare
Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development
Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision
The Measurement of Linguistic Diversity
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |