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Welfare state
Healthcare
Education
Social protection
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This article presents a detailed description of the Chinese welfare system, focusing our analysis on the public healthcare and education systems. It scrutinizes the main reforms and the implemented programs and analyzes some of the results and the most significant problems in the period from 1980 to 2015. The healthcare and education systems are used as a proxy for the Chinese welfare system, since similar reforms have taken place in other areas, such as in the labor market and in pension schemes. We also make a qualitative comparison with the most important welfare typologies that are used in the literature to study Western countries and some selected East Asian states.
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Este artigo oferece uma caracterização detalhada do sistema de proteção social na China com foco nos sistemas públicos de saúde e de educação, descrevendo as reformas, os programas implementados, os resultados alcançados e seus principais problemas no período entre 1980 e 2015. A análise utiliza os sistemas de saúde e de educação como proxy do Estado de bem-estar social que se desenha na China desde a virada do século, visto que reformas similares têm sido levadas a cabo em outras áreas, como no mercado de trabalho e na previdência. Este artigo realiza ainda uma comparação qualitativa com as tipologias de regimes de bem-estar social desenvolvidas pela literatura tanto para países ocidentais quanto para países do leste asiático.
Palavras-chave: China; Estado de bem-estar social; Saúde; Educação; Proteção Social.
This article presents a detailed description of the Chinese welfare system, focusing our analysis on the public healthcare and education systems. It scrutinizes the main reforms and the implemented programs and analyzes some of the results and the most significant problems in the period from 1980 to 2015. The healthcare and education systems are used as a proxy for the Chinese welfare system, since similar reforms have taken place in other areas, such as in the labor market and in pension schemes. We also make a qualitative comparison with the most important welfare typologies that are used in the literature to study Western countries and some selected East Asian states.
Keywords: China; Welfare state; Healthcare; Education; Social protection.
Este artículo ofrece una caracterización detallada del sistema de protección social en China con un enfoque en los sistemas de salud pública y educación, describiendo las reformas, los programas implementados, los resultados alcanzados y sus principales problemas en el período comprendido entre 1980 y 2015. El análisis utiliza el Los sistemas de salud y educación como un sustituto del estado de bienestar que se viene produciendo en China desde el cambio de siglo, ya que se han llevado a cabo reformas similares en otras áreas, como el mercado laboral y la seguridad social. Este artículo también hace una comparación cualitativa con los tipos de regímenes de bienestar social desarrollados por la literatura para los países de Asia occidental y oriental.
Palabras llave: China; Estado de bienestar; Salud; Educación; Protección social.
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