China’s Social Security system and labor protection under the Covid-19 pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused great economic damages and made it challenging to identify the vulnerable groups amid this global public health crisis. It is especially true in China, where the market-oriented reform has led to the rise of “migrant workers” whose rights are poorly protected. Largel...

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Autor: Lin, Yue
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositório:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/704650
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/704650
https://dx.doi.org/10.12795/e-rips.2020.i01.02
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:China
Covid-19
Desempleo
Trabajadores migrantes
Protección social
Unemployment
Migrant workers
Social protection
Sociología
Descrição
Resumo:The Covid-19 pandemic has caused great economic damages and made it challenging to identify the vulnerable groups amid this global public health crisis. It is especially true in China, where the market-oriented reform has led to the rise of “migrant workers” whose rights are poorly protected. Largely improved during the years, China’s social security system are still characterized by double narrowness: narrow coverage and narrow services provided. Numerous measures adopted by the Chinese government during the fight against the Covid-19 have been limited to the enforcement of the current legal framework and marginal amelioration of existing social assistance systems. In this context, the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the precarious conditions of a large number of Chinese workers, and called for further reform to construct a modern universal social welfare system, not only adapted to the dual labor market structure, but also adjusted to suit a new labor landscape after the Covid-19