Inclusion and Benefit Dynamics in the Chinese Welfare Regime (B05)

• Subject Area: Political Science ; Empirical Social Research
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 374666841

In the People's Republic of China, the expansion of social insurance has been accompanied by program segmentation between relatively generous social insurance schemes in urban areas and rudimentary social insurance schemes for rural populations and migrant workers. Project B05 seeks to understand the inclusion and benefit dynamics in the risk areas of old age, sickness, maternity, and unemployment since their introduction. Informal practices, political repression, global economic interdependencies, and ideational linkages in the East Asian region are given particular attention as explanatory factors. When collecting data, focus is placed on gender inequalities.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1342: Global Dynamics of Social Policy
• Applicant Institution: Universität Bremen
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Tobias ten Brink; Professor Dr. Tao Liu, until 12/2021; Dr. Armin Müller