Channels of Interprovincial Consumption Risk Sharing in the People's Republic of China
Julan Du, Qing He; Rui, Oliver M. | December 2010
Abstract
This paper analyzes consumption risk sharing among provinces in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) during 1980–2007. The analysis finds that 9.4% of shocks to gross provincial product are smoothed by the interprovincial fiscal transfer system. This system also cushions a relatively large percentage of province-specific shocks in coastal areas. Using a variety of indicators, we explored nonfiscal channels of consumption risk sharing. We found that the migration of rural labor to urban areas and the remittance of migrant wages play an important role in promoting interprovincial consumption risk sharing in inland PRC provinces. In contrast, the extent of risk sharing through financial intermediation and capital markets is very limited. These factors have resulted in a low degree of risk sharing among provinces, especially during the last decade.
Citation
Julan Du, Qing He; Rui, Oliver M.. 2010. Channels of Interprovincial Consumption Risk Sharing in the People's Republic of China. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3922. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Economic Crisis
Economic Efficiency
Economic Policies
Regional Economic Development
Public Sector Wages
Crisis
Unemployment
Economic cooperation
Gross domestic product
Employment
Wage payment systems
Wages
Financial crisis
Labor economics
Regional economics
Guaranteed annual wage
Wage differentials
Wages and labor productivity
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