China's Economic Development and the Role of Rural Public Policy

• Project/Area Number: 24330083
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Hiroshi 一橋大学, 大学院経済学研究科, 教授 (50211280)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): IKEGAMI Akihide 明治大学, 農学部, 教授 (80339572) ; WU Harry Xiaoying 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (90571464)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,050,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥8,060,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,860,000)
• Keywords: 経済事情 / 公共政策 / 農村発展 / 所得分配 / 公共投資 / 制度 / アジア・アフリカ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study, focusing on rural China in the 2000s, investigates (1) the redistributive impact of public policies and (2) the determinants of the level and budget structure of village-level public investment projects. Firstly, it is confirmed that the pro-rural public policies has favorable impact on alleviating rural income inequality, although the level of impact differ by regions. Secondly, it is found that the county government objectives, village’s social capital, as well as village self-government, affects the geographical allocation and budget structure of public investment projects.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Data for Studying Earnings, the Distribution of Household Income and Poverty in China (2014)
  • Author(s): Bjorn Gustafsson, Li Shi, and Hiroshi Sato
  • Journal Title: China Economic Review Volume: 30 Pages: 419-431
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2014.05.012
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Escaping Low-Level Equilibrium of Urbanization: Institutional Promotion, Social Interaction and Labor Migration (2014)
  • Author(s): Zhao Chen, Jiang Shiqing, Lu Ming, and Hiroshi Sato
  • Journal Title: China Economist Volume: 9 Pages: 68-85
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 民族視角下社会資本対収入的影響：以寧夏回族自治区為例 (2013)
  • Author(s): 佐藤宏
  • Journal Title: 民族研究 Volume: ２０１３－３ Pages: 51-59
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Identity, Inequality, and Happiness (2012)
  • Author(s): Jiang, Shiqing, Ming Lu, and Hiroshi Sato
  • Journal Title: World Development Volume: (掲載確定) Issue: 6 Pages: 1190-1200
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.11.002
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 城市規模与包容性就業 (2012)
  • Author(s): 陸銘・高虹・佐藤宏
  • Journal Title: 中国社会科学 Volume: 2012-10期 Pages: 47-66
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ethnicity and Income in China : The Case of Ningxia (2012)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Sato and Sai Ding
  • Journal Title: CCES Discussion Paper Series Volume: 46 Pages: 1-36
• [Presentation] The Redistributive Impact of Pro-rural Policies in the Western Ethnic Minority Regions of China (2014)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Sato and Wang Yanzhong
  • Organizer: Workshop on the China Ethnic Household Survey
  • Place of Presentation: 中国社会科学院民族学・人類学研究所（北京、中国）
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-17
• [Presentation] Rural Public Goods Provision in the Western Minority Regions of China (2014)
  • Author(s): Li Keqiang and Hiroshi Sato
  • Organizer: Workshop on the China Ethnic Household Survey
  • Place of Presentation: 中国社会科学院民族学・人類学研究所（北京、中国）
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-17
• [Presentation] Poverty among the Majority and the Minorities in China (2014)
  • Author(s): Bjorn Gustafsson, Ding Sai and Hiroshi Sato
  • Organizer: Workshop on the China Ethnic Household Survey
  • Place of Presentation: 中国社会科学院民族学・人類学研究所（北京、中国）
  • Year and Date: 2014-10-17
• [Presentation] Ethnicity and Income in China : The Case of Ningxia (2012)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Sato
  • Organizer: International Conference on Society and Transforming Mode of Economic Development in Minority Areas of China
  • Place of Presentation: 中央民族大学(中国, 北京市)(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 2012-11-19
• [Presentation] Trends in the distribution of income in China (2012)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Sato and Li Shi
  • Organizer: The 4th Asian Historical Economics Conference
  • Place of Presentation: 一橋大学(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2012-09-03
• [Presentation] Rural public goods provision in the western ethnic minority regions in China, 2007-2011
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Sato
  • Organizer: 中国社会科学論壇：中国西部民族地区発展与小康社会建設
  • Place of Presentation: 中国社会科学院（中国北京市）
• [Presentation] Poverty among Han and Ethnic Minorities in China: A Study of Seven Regions
  • Author(s): Bjorn Gustafsson, Ding Sai, and Hiroshi Sato
  • Organizer: 中国社会科学論壇：中国西部民族地区発展与小康社会建設
  • Place of Presentation: 中国社会科学院（中国北京市）
• [Presentation] Redistributive impact of pro-rural policy in the western, ethnic minority regions
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Sato
  • Organizer: 中国社会科学論壇：中国西部民族地区発展与小康社会建設
  • Place of Presentation: 中国社会科学院（中国北京市）
• [Presentation] Data for studying earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty in China
  • Author(s): Bjorn Gustafsson, Li Shi, and Hiroshi Sato
  • Organizer: Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Philadelphia Convention Center（米国フィラデルフィア市）
• [Book] Rising Inequality in China: Challenge to a Harmonious Society (2013)
  • Author(s): Li Shi, Hiroshi Sato, and Terry Sicular (eds.)
  • Total Pages: 499
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• [Book] 中国収入差距変動分析：中国居民収入分配研究IV (2013)
  • Author(s): 李実､佐藤宏､史泰麗
  • Total Pages: 629
  • Publisher: 人民出版社