Centre for University Core, Singapore University of Social Sciences, 463 Clementi Road, Singapore, 599494, Singapore.
School for Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2021 Jun;36(2):139-154. doi: 10.1007/s10823-020-09422-8. Epub 2021 Mar 25.
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 new public pension benefits influence intergenerational transfers and subjective well-being of older adults in rural China using panel data from the 2011 and 2013 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). The results of our first-difference regression models show that receiving a public pension goes along with an increase in intergenerational financial support and has a positive impact on the subjective well-being of older adults in rural China. Our analysis represents one of the first studies examining the effects of the introduction of the NRSPS from a longitudinal perspective. The results demonstrate that public pension benefits as a form of institutional financial support are beneficial to the well-being of older adults, while they do not hinder intergenerational exchange.
随着新型农村社会养老保险（NRSPS）的引入，中国农村的养老金覆盖范围在过去十年中大幅增加。我们利用中国健康与养老追踪调查（CHARLS）2011 年和 2013 年两轮面板数据，研究了新的公共养老金福利如何影响中国农村老年人的代际转移和主观幸福感。我们的差分回归模型结果表明，领取养老金伴随着代际经济支持的增加，对中国农村老年人的主观幸福感有积极影响。我们的分析代表了首次从纵向角度研究 NRSPS 引入效果的研究之一。结果表明，作为制度性经济支持的养老金福利有益于老年人的福祉，同时也不会阻碍代际交流。
