National Institutes of Educational Policy Research, East China Normal University, NO. 3663, Zhongshan North Road, Putuo District, Shanghai 200062, China.
Institute of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, NO. 777, Guoding Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200433, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Feb 17;19(4):2292. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19042292.
How does a social pension scheme affect farm production? This study addresses this question by investigating the effect of social pension on farm production by taking Urban and Rural Residents Pension Scheme (URRPS) in China as an illustration. Based on the implementation of the policy before and after the unification of URRPS, this paper uses the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS) in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2018 and conducts an analytical framework of the difference-in-difference model. The results show that, although the impact of URRPS on labor productivity is not significant, the pension income of URRPS significantly improves the land productivity of elderly farmers. Furthermore, the land productivity effect is larger for male farmers. This paper reveals the certain role played by pension scheme in promoting farm production, providing insights on alleviating the pressure of farm production brought by agricultural labor aging.
社会养老金计划如何影响农业生产？本研究以中国城乡居民养老保险制度（URRPS）为例，通过考察社会养老金对农业生产的影响来回答这个问题。本文基于 URRPS 统一前后政策的实施，利用 2011、2013、2015 和 2018 年的中国健康与养老追踪调查（CHARLS）数据，采用双重差分模型进行分析。结果表明，尽管 URRPS 对劳动生产率的影响并不显著，但 URRPS 的养老金收入显著提高了老年农民的土地生产力。此外，这种土地生产力效应在男性农民中更大。本文揭示了养老金计划在促进农业生产方面发挥的一定作用，为缓解农业劳动力老龄化给农业生产带来的压力提供了思路。
