Work Point System in Rural China

HUANG, Yingwei (Senior Researcher in Institute of Economics in CASS), unfortunately passed away during the publication of this book.

• List of Figures and TablesChinese TermsIntroduction0.1 The Work Point System Was Not a Formal Institution0.2 The Work Point System Was a Pioneering Project Created by the Chinese People0.3 The Meaning of the Work Point System Enriched Much in the People’s Commune Period0.4 The Work Point System Was Generally Similar around the Nation0.5 The Work Point System Combined the Hard Work and Wisdom of Commune Members0.6 The Work Point System Reflected the Role of Labor Incentives0.7 The Work Point System Made a Significant Contribution to the Industrialization of China0.8 Research on the Work Point System Must Look Outside the Box of the Rural0.9 The Research Characteristic of This Book Is Distinctive1 Basic Work Point Assessment1.1 Data and Background1.2 Determinants of Basic Work Points1.3 Summary2 Agrarian Assignment2.1 Background and Data2.2 Empirical Results2.3 Summary3 Jidonggong Work Points3.1 Equalizing Brigade Work: The Principle of Jidonggong Secondment3.2 Productive and Non-Productive: The Types of Jidonggong3.3 Welfare and Incentive: The Influence of Jidonggong3.4 Summary and Discussion4 Work Point Income Mobility4.1 Income Distribution System of People’s Communes4.2 Data Sources and Description4.3 Methodology4.4 Household Income Mobility in the People’s Commune Period4.5 Factors Influencing Income Mobility4.6 Summary5 Work Point Distribution and Labor Incentives5.1 Background and Hypothesis5.2 Data5.3 Empirical Analysis and Results5.4 Robustness Test5.5 Mechanism Analysis5.6 SummaryAppendix A: Work Point System Dataset Specification of VariablesAppendix B: Dataset Hegou-JiangsuAppendix C: Dataset Langqiao-ShangdongAppendix D: Dataset Dongbeili−ShanxiAppendix E: Energy DistributionReferencesIndex