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Pension policies, retirement and human capital depreciation in late adulthood
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2020
Economists have mainly focused on human capital accumulation and considerably less on the causes and consequences of human capital depreciation in late adulthood. Studying human capital depreciation over the life cycle has powerful economic consequences for decision-making in old age. Using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012372883
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Do pension benefits accelerate cognitive decline? : evidence from rural China
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019
The Post-9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer generous education benefits to a dependent. We run a large-scale experiment to test whether active choice framing impacts US Army service members' decision to transfer benefits. Individuals who received email messages framing GI Bill use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060578
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Short-run health consequences of retirement and pension benefits : evidence from China
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019
introduction of pension benefits on the health status, health behaviors, and healthcare utilization of rural Chinese adults age 60 … and above. The results point to three main conclusions. First, in addition to improvements in self-reported health, older … adults with access to the pension program experienced significant improvements in several important measures of health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161478
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Intergovernmental Fiscal Reform in China
Wingender, Philippe - 2018
China is the most decentralized country in the world in terms of expenditures shares, with subnational governments responsible for 85 percent of government spending. Limited revenue autonomy and insufficient intergovernmental transfers have led to large unfunded mandates and a build-up of debt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918550
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Short-Run Health Consequences of Retirement and Pension Benefits: Evidence from China
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019
introduction of pension benefits on the health status, health behaviors, and healthcare utilization of rural Chinese adults age 60 … and above. The results point to three main conclusions. First, in addition to improvements in self-reported health, older … adults with access to the pension program experienced significant improvements in several important measures of health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984707
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Do Pension Benefits Accelerate Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Rural China
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019
Higher life expectancy and rapidly aging populations have led to the introduction of pension programs in developing countries in the last two decades. Using the introduction of a new public policy in China, we estimate the effects of pension benefits on individual cognition, measured by episodic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141161
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Pension Policies, Retirement and Human Capital Depreciation in Late Adulthood
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2020
Economists have mainly focused on human capital accumulation and considerably less on the causes and consequences of human capital depreciation in late adulthood. Studying human capital depreciation over the life cycle has powerful economic consequences for decision-making in old age. Using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497833
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The economics of healthy ageing in China
Heshmati, Almas - 2016
's ageing population as a ticking time bomb which paradoxically is both a challenge and an opportunity for the country. Health … is considered an important determinant of economic growth and competitiveness. The health of the elderly population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452187
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The Economics of Healthy Ageing in China
Heshmati, Almas - 2016
's ageing population as a ticking time bomb which paradoxically is both a challenge and an opportunity for the country. Health … is considered an important determinant of economic growth and competitiveness. The health of the elderly population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999025