The Empirical Study On Xiamen Urban And Rural Equalization Of Basic Public Service Provision

The equalization of basic public service is an intuition arrangement in order to enlarge the coverage of public finance and make all the people get the benefits of reform, actually its essence is that government has the responsibility for the subsistence, development and improvement of all the people, as well as providing the uniform basic public goods and public service. And how to promote the equalization of basic public services, which not only attracts the central and local governments great attentions and also intrigues widespread concern in the academia. The study on equalization of urban and rural basic public services highlights great meanings.Firstly, this dissertation introduces and reviews the literatures on concepts and theories about the equalization of basic public services, describes the unbalanced status quo of demand and supply in the current urban and rural areas of basic public service among Xiamen's different districts, explores the differences between urban and rural area in basic public service provision, as well as interprets the causes. Secondly, the dissertation applies a mathematical function model of equalization of basic public services, selects and establishes the measurement indicators and methods of equalization of basic public services provision. Through a quantitative study on basic public services provision in Xiamen City, the article calculates the degree of equalization in preliminary education, health care and social security of Xiamen City. Lastly, the paper makes some conclusions regarding reasonable proposals and valuable experience that promoting the equalization of basic public services in Xiamen City, as well as for other domestic similar cities.The main innovation of this article is that, it selects and establishes the measurement indicators and methods of equalization of basic public services provision, and calculates the indexes of equalization in preliminary education, health care and social security of Xiamen City and makes conclusions that promote the equalization of basic public services in Xiamen City, as well as other cities. However, because of lack in sufficient time and difficulties in collecting data, the scarcity of quantitative examinations makes the deficient and shortcomings of this research.