What determines pension insurance participation in China?: triangulation and the intertwined relationship among employers, employees and the government

Guo, Yu; Tian, Mo; Han, Keqing; Johnson, Karl; Zhao, Liqiu

Abstract

The current study draws on the Advocacy Coalition Framework to examine what determines employees’ pension participation in China. For the purpose of exploring which employees actually receive pension coverage and why, econometric analysis was conducted with China’s Employer–Employee Matched Survey data (N = 3412). A variety of both individual factors, ranging from age and Hukou status to job characteristics, and macro factors, including interprovincial migration and level of economic development, are all found to predict insurance coverage. Qualitative research results contextualize these findings by discussing the often ambivalent and triangulated relations among employers, employees and government. These three groups primarily use shared core policy beliefs to structure their interactions in the form of advocacy coalitions. Various types of cross-coalition interaction, including negotiation, cooperation and conflict, are examined. These findings carry both theoretical and policy implications.

Citation

Guo, Y., Tian, M., Han, K., Johnson, K., & Zhao, L. (in press). What determines pension insurance participation in China?: triangulation and the intertwined relationship among employers, employees and the government. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 27(18), https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1164219

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 7, 2016
• Online Publication Date: Apr 6, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jun 20, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 20, 2018
• Journal: International Journal of Human Resource Management
• Print ISSN: 0958-5192
• Electronic ISSN: 1466-4399
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 18
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1164219
• Keywords: employees, employers, government, pension, triangulation
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/786257
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09585192.2016.1164219
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Human Resource Management on 6 April 2016 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09585192.2016.1164219.