Changing Household Registration and Worker Welfare in China and Vietnam

Authors

Jake Lin, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Jingyu Mao

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-22-2022

Abstract

China and Vietnam are of the few countries that still implement household registration (hukou in Chinese and ho khau in Vietnamese). Regarded as one of the most important institutional mechanisms that underlie and sustain the profound rural–urban division in both countries, the systems record the mundane attributes of each individual of a household yet determine many of the vital aspects of the life, if not the fate, of citizens, particularly the rural-urban migrants. The change and continuity of these systems are closely associated with these countries’ economic and social development, interacting with other processes such as industrialisation, liberalisation of the labour market, urbanisation, and rural development. Despite recent reforms, the household registration systems in both countries continue to shape migrant workers’ ability to access welfare.

Comments

Original published version available at https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/soziologie/forschung/projekte/welfarestruggles/pdf/policy-brief-1.pdf

Recommended Citation

Lin, Jake, and Jingyu Mao. "Changing Household Registration and Worker Welfare in China and Vietnam." Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University Policy Brief 1 (2022): 24.

Publication Title

Welfare Struggles