On The Causes and Counter Measures of "Welfare Dependency" Problem in China's Urban Minimum Living Guarantee System

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10.2991/asshm-13.2013.57How to use a DOI?

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Urban minimum living guarantee Welfare dependency Balance subsidy Superposition of welfare Benefit replacement rate

Abstract

Western developed countries encountered the problem of "welfare dependency" in the construction process of social assistance system. From our urban subsistence allowances system, this thesis Demonstrates that the "welfare dependency" problem in the context of western country does not exist in China's urban subsistence allowances system but "welfare dependency" problem with Chinese characteristics. This thesis is trying to make an institutional analysis about the causes of it, which mainly contains the balance subsidy system ,the "superposition of welfare" in the subsistence allowances system, subsidies given according to family and relatively higher benefit replacement rate, and then proposing to implement a negative income tax system, establishing an assistance system with clear division of responsibilities, changing the solution to household-based calculation methods and reducing the benefit replacement rate.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhidong Zhang
AU  - Pengfei Li
AU  - Xiaolong Huang
AU  - Ke Jiang
PY  - 2013/12
DA  - 2013/12
TI  - On The Causes and Counter Measures of "Welfare Dependency" Problem in China's Urban Minimum Living Guarantee System
BT  - Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Advances in Social Science, Humanities, and Management
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 312
EP  - 319
SN  - 1951-6851
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/asshm-13.2013.57
DO  - 10.2991/asshm-13.2013.57
ID  - Zhang2013/12
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