The development of the Chinese household registration system and its influence on the current economic development of the country

Matej Buzinkai () and František Škvrnda ()
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Matej Buzinkai: University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of International Relations, Bratislava, Slovakia
František Škvrnda: University of Economics in Bratislava, Department of International Politics, Bratislava, Slovakia

Society and Economy, 2014, vol. 36, issue 2, 199-215

Abstract: In the paper we analyze the development of the Chinese household registration system, the hukou system, since its establishment in the 1950s until today and its influence on the economic development of the PRC. Surplus labour force was released from agriculture when the household responsibility system was introduced. Its allocation into more productive sectors of the economy was conditioned by the reform of the hukou system, which served to prevent the migration of rural population to cities. The hukou system is discriminatory for rural-urban migrants and currently hinders the effective utilization of labour. Furthermore, the relaxing of the system would most likely lead to an increase in consumption levels among Chinese households.

Keywords: hukou system reform; rural-urban migration; Lewisian turning point; household consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N35 O18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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