Status Concern and Relative Deprivation in China: Measures, Empirical Evidence, and Economic and Policy Implications

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Status concern and the feelings of relative deprivation affect individual behavior and well-being. Traditional norms and the alarming inequality in China have made relative deprivation more and more intense for the Chinese population. This paper reviews empirical literature on China that attempts to test the relative deprivation hypothesis. We review the origins and pathways of relative deprivation, compare its economic measures in the literature, and summarize their applications. Drawing from solid empirical evidence, we discuss important policy implications on redistribution, official regulations and grassroots sanctions, and relative poverty alleviation.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9519

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Health and Inequality ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; Economic Methodology
• Subject: inequality ; status concern ; relative deprivation ; well-being ; China

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Chen, Xi
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/125023
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