Do public pension programmes reduce elderly poverty in China?

A Zhang, KS Imai - Review of Development Economics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper studies the impact of public programmes aiming to cover the entire population in
China on elderly poverty in both rural and urban China. Using the three rounds of panel data …

Do Social Pension and Family Support Affect Farmers' Land Transfer? Evidence from China

Z Li, G Li, K Zhang, J Zhu - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
The issues of farmers' old-age security and land use have long been the focus of Chinese
scholars' and governmental attention. Land transfer plays a vital role in promoting …

Implementing age-friendly policies in China: Assessing the impact on older adults' self-rated health

S Wang, W Hu - Social Science & Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Using prefecture-level policy documents (2008–2018) and the China Health and Retirement
Longitudinal Study (2011–2018), this study used fixed-effects regressions to examine the …

Public pension policy, substitution income, and poverty reduction: Evidence from China

P Zhan, A Zhang, X Ma - Economic Analysis and Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the pension effect on poverty reduction in rural China, considering
the influences of potential substitution income, including earned and transfer income from …

The effects of pension on depressive symptoms in Chinese older adults: A moderated multiple mediator model

B Fang, Y Wang, Q Sun - International Journal of Geriatric …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study investigates the impact of pension on depressive symptoms among
Chinese older adults. Additional effort is made to test the mediating effect of …

The Impact of Long-Term Care Insurance on Intergenerational Interaction Behavior Change in China

X Wang, W Tian, G Zhan, Y He - Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2024 - Springer
China's population shows obvious characteristics of rapid aging and growing old before
getting rich. There are about 40 million disabled and partially disabled older adults, which …

Crowding out or crowding in? The interaction between public pensions and private transfers in China

J Liu - Journal of Asian Public Policy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Public pensions and intergenerational family support are among the most important and well-
researched income sources for older individuals in many societies. However, the …

The impact of China's endowment insurance system on health behavior

L Yu, Z Xia - Journal of Chinese Governance, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Health behavior has a substantial impact on health conditions. Illness prevention through
good health behavior is the most economical and effective health protection strategy. From …

Older grandparents caring for grandchildren in rural China: Cohort change in resources and deficits across 17 years

M Silverstein, Y Xu - Public Policy & Aging Report, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Grandparenting is a widely researched topic, and evidence suggests that the
cultural milieu and degree of welfare state supports have consequences as to whether and …

Cultural Transmission, Technology, and Treatment of the Elderly

MJ Baker, JP Jacobsen - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.09638, 2024 - arxiv.org
We discuss the interrelationship between the treatment of the elderly, the nature of
production, and the transmission of culture. Respect for the elderly is endogenous. Parents …