Arbeitspapier

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

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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9519

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

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Chen, Xi
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2015

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Chen, Xi
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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