{"title":"Paradise gained and lost: shared prosperity in East Asian welfare production regimes","authors":"Ke Meng, Linrui Zhong","doi":"10.1007/s44216-022-00001-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44216-022-00001-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper expands the research on how shared prosperity is achieved in East Asian countries (regions). Based on welfare production regime theory, this paper advances a theoretical framework to link economic growth to income distribution. The main argument is that the match between the skills developed by social protection systems and the needs of product market strategies is key to economic progress. The skills and the social protection systems could also influence income allocation through distribution and redistribution. The net effect of the two channels determines the result of income equality. A longitudinal exploration of Japan, Taiwan and Korea in the export-led growth period (1961–1979) and the knowledge economy period (1980–1996) supports the argument. A policy implication of the argument is that China could strategically adjust its welfare production regime to achieve shared prosperity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100130,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Political Economy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s44216-022-00001-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82298362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do rural electoral institutions reflect public opinion in China? Evidence from village elections","authors":"Qi Zhang, Mingxing Liu","doi":"10.1007/s44216-022-00003-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44216-022-00003-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Drawing on a field survey of 116 villages in rural China conducted by the authors in 2005, we analyze whether and to what extent the official electoral institutions, as administered by local government, were a system that was consistent with the public preferences of villagers. We find a positive correlation between public opinion and actual electoral institutions; that is, if more villagers believed a certain electoral institution was ideal, the probability increased that such an electoral institution was implemented in practical village elections. The opinion-policy linkage, however, suggests that central government interventions and pressure from villagers’ collective protests were more effective than institutionalized and regular deliberations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100130,"journal":{"name":"Asian Review of Political Economy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s44216-022-00003-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83109948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}