With the introduction of the New Rural Social Pension Scheme (NRSPS), pension coverage
in rural China has increased substantially during the last decade. We investigate how the …

Background Social pensions, social assistance systems for older people in rural areas, have
been put into place in many nations and have positively impacted health. The long-term …

With the aim of probing into the life satisfaction of retired urban elderly in China with respect
to old age support systems, this study examines the effect of pension reform with its existing …

Summary The New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) is an important component of the social
security system in rural China. After the implementation of the NRPS, many studies have …

There exist three pension systems for urban older residents in China: the pension for
government and public institutions (PGPI), the worker's old-age insurance for enterprise …

Background Unhealthy behavior is an important factor threatening the health of older rural
residents in China. We examine the effects of receiving pension on elderly rural residents' …

This paper examines the impact of the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) in China.
Exploiting the staggered implementation of an NRPS policy expansion that began in 2009 …

Worldwide, older people's support used to be the adult children's responsibility. In China,
two generations after introducing the one-child policy in the late 70-ies, this becomes an …

This paper studies the effects of China's newly established rural pension programme on
personal life satisfaction of the rural elderly along with other social, economic and …

We examine the heterogeneous and dynamic impact of China's New Rural Pension Scheme
(NRPS) on intergenerational wealth dependence using a nationally representative …