Channels of interprovincial risk sharing in China

Julan Du, Qing He () and Oliver Rui

Journal of Comparative Economics, 2011, vol. 39, issue 3, 383-405

Abstract: This paper decomposes consumption risk sharing among provinces in China over the 1980â2007 period. We find that 9.4% of the shocks to gross provincial product are smoothed by the interprovincial fiscal transfer system. This system also cushions a relatively large fraction of the province-specific shocks in the coastal provinces of China. Using a variety of indicators, we explore non-fiscal channels of consumption risk sharing. We find that the migration of rural labor to urban areas and the remittance of migrant wages play important roles in promoting interprovincial consumption risk sharing in the inland provinces of China. In contrast, the extent of risk sharing through financial intermediaries and the capital markets is very limited. These factors have resulted in a low degree of risk sharing among Chinese provinces, especially over the last decade.

Keywords: Consumption; risk; sharing; Chinese; economy; Fiscal; system; Credit; markets; Remittance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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