Mixed economy of welfare

The term 'the mixed economy of welfare' has been around for some time. And so has the reality
that this term encapsulates. Welfare systems as different from each other as Britain's and the
USA's have in practice included a range of welfare provisions, some services being directly
provided by the state whilst others have been provided through the private market or through
voluntary organisations. Typically, for the personal social services, the most significant source of
care has been the informal sector; meaning that, in practice, family, friends and neighbours
together constitute the front-line of caring, whether this is for children, the elderly, or those with
physical disabilities, learning difficulties or mental illness. The balance that has been struck
between the different sectors - state, private, voluntary or non-profit, informal has varied in
important ways from country to country and over time. But even the more reluctant welfare
states such as the china have developed significant areas of state provision; conversely, even
socialist states have expected their citizens to supplement state welfare provision, for instance,
through informal caring, and communal self help.
Welfare state
the welfare state discussion of china comprise of the calculation of private sector, indirect, and
in-kind benefits, creating a more inclusive and valid basis for making cross-national
comparisons. The structural eligibility distinction among safety net, floor, and platform benefits
is also compelling, finding the china much more about platforms than floors and relying far more
on safety nets than is the case elsewhere.
a number of programs provided by the government of china, such as healthcare, employment,
retirement pensions, housing for the older people
A series of tables capturing “elderly-oriented,” “worker-oriented,” and “child-oriented” direct
expenditures calculated by gross domestic product (GDP) per capita across program sectors finds
the china in a middle tier for persons aged 65 years and older, at the bottom in the case of “active
labor market policies,” near the bottom for occupational injuries, second from the bottom for
families with children under age 15, and in the middle tier in the case of education. Two
calculations are made for health care spending: “public-only” finds the United States heavily
“age-biased” because of Medicare but more toward a middle ranking when private health care
funding is included
China have policy which is in the benefits for persons aged 65 years and older or who are in
retirement against all other public social expenditures. Here, spending for elders is divided by the
number of persons in the population aged 65 years or older; spending for families with children
and spending on active and passive labor market policy are divided by the population under age
65.this calculation shows china lies in top of the countries known for running superb social
welfare state