Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/113998 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9116
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the impact of pension income on living arrangements of the elderly. Taking advantage of a unique opportunity due to the recent establishment and expansion of the social pension system in rural China, we explicitly address the endogeneity of pension status and income through a fixed-effect model with instrumental variable approach by exploiting exogenous time variation in the program implementation at county level. We find an overall positive effect of pension income on independent living as well as considerable heterogeneity. The elderly with easy access to their adult children, possessing higher financial capacity, in less long-term care and psychological need, and having more education are more likely to live independently after receiving pension income. Our results confirm that independent living is a normal good, but highlight that living arrangement is multidimensional in rural China.
Subjects: 
pension income
living arrangements
heterogeneity
China
JEL: 
J12
H55
I38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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