Urban segregation and food consumption The impacts of China's household registration system

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Han, Xinru

作者： Han, Xinru;Yang, Sansi;Chen, Yongfu;Wang, Yongchun

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关键词： Food consumption; Migrants; Hukou system; Urban segregation

期刊名称：CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW （ 影响因子：2.239； 五年影响因子：2.048 ）

ISSN： 1756-137X

年卷期： 2019 年 11 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impacts of China's urban segregation caused by hukou restrictions on food consumption. Design/methodology/approach Based on the 2007-2009 Urban Household Survey data from six China provinces conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the authors adopt a propensity score matching (PSM) method to correct for potential selection bias. A Rosenbaum bounds test is applied to evaluate the sensitivity of the PSM results to unobserved variables. Findings The results show that holding rural hukou (RHs) reduces the consumption of livestock products and vegetables and fruit by 8.8 and 4.8 percent, respectively. The status of hukou does not affect the consumption of grain and edible oil. Hukou impacts on food consumption are heterogeneous across income levels, with low-income and middle-income households more vulnerable to urban segregation and hukou discriminations. A stronger motivation for precautionary saving and higher welfare expenditures that not compensated by social security lead to the lower food consumption by migrant households with RHs. Originality/value This paper advances the research frontier by investigating the impacts of hukou system on the structure of food consumption, which accurately reflects the household welfare.

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