The Economic Causes and Consequences of Social Instability in China
Abstract
Social instability is a concept that economists rarely analyse, and yet it can lurk behind much economic policy-making.� China’s leadership has often publicly expressed its concerns to avoid ‘social instability’.� It is viewed as a threat both to the political order and to the continued rapid growth of the economy.� This threat to growth in turn endangers the maintenance of social stability.� This paper examines the likely economic determinants of social instability, using both surveys and other evidence.� After explaining the determinants of China’s rapid growth, the paper goes on to examine the likely mechanisms by which social instability can affect the growth rate.� There is a case for more research on the role of social instability in the economic development process.Download Info
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Paper provided by University of Oxford, Department of Economics in its series Economics Series Working Papers with number 619.Length:
Date of creation: 03 Sep 2012
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Keywords: China; Civil unrest; Corruption; Developmental state; Economic growth; Governance; Happiness; Inequality; Social instability;Find related papers by JEL classification:
- O15 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- O20 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - General
- O43 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Institutions and Growth
- P26 - Economic Systems - - Socialist Systems and Transition Economies - - - Political Economy
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- NEP-ALL-2012-09-22 (All new papers)
- NEP-CWA-2012-09-22 (Central & Western Asia)
- NEP-DEV-2012-09-22 (Development)
- NEP-FDG-2012-09-22 (Financial Development & Growth)
- NEP-POL-2012-09-22 (Positive Political Economics)
- NEP-TRA-2012-09-22 (Transition Economics)
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