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One country, two systems: evidence on retirement patterns in China
Giles, John; Lei, Xiaoyan; Wang, Gewei; Wang, Yafeng; … - 2021
This paper documents the patterns and correlates of retirement in China using a nationally representative survey, the … China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). After documenting stark differences in retirement ages between … resources explain much of the urban-rural difference in retirement rates. The paper suggests that reducing disincentives created …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012621584
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How and why the gender pension gap in urban China decreased between 1988 and 2018
Gustafsson, Björn; Zhan, Peng; Jia, Hanrui - 2023
In urban China, gender gaps in employment and earnings have steadily increased since the 1990s. Such gender gaps are important because pension rights and amounts are based on labor force participation and wages. However, as this study demonstrates, despite the rise in gender differences in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014422271
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Addressing the legacy costs in an NDC reform : conceptualization, measurement, financing
Holzmann, Robert; Jousten, Alain - 2010
The paper provides a framework for the conceptualization, definition and estimation of legacy costs that need to be addressed in a reform that transforms an unfunded defined contribution (NDB) scheme into a notional (or non-financial) defined contribution (NDC) scheme. As the new contribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009156100
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Do private household transfers to the elderly respond to public pension benefits? : evidence from rural China
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019
Aging populations in developing countries have spurred the introduction of public pension programs to preserve the standard of living for the elderly. The often-overlooked mechanism of intergenerational transfers, however, can dampen these intended policy effects, as adult children who make...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012062263
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Do private household transfers to the elderly respond to public pension benefits? : evidence from rural China
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019 - Current version: April 2019
Aging populations in developing countries have spurred the introduction of public pension programs to preserve the standard of living for the elderly. The often-overlooked mechanism of intergenerational transfers, however, can dampen these intended policy effects, as adult children who make...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159232
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Addressing the legacy costs in an NDC reform: Conceptualization, measurement, financing
Holzmann, Robert; Jousten, Alain - 2010
The paper provides a framework for the conceptualization, definition and estimation of legacy costs that need to be addressed in a reform that transforms an unfunded defined contribution (NDB) scheme into a notional (or non-financial) defined contribution (NDC) scheme. As the new contribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278557
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Short-run health consequences of retirement and pension benefits : evidence from China
Nikolov, Plamen; Adelman, Alan - 2019
the mechanisms that drive positive retirement program results, we find evidence that changes in individual health … the potential benefits of retirement programs resulting from social spillover effects. In addition, these programs may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161478
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Asset-liability models and the Chinese basic pension fund
Zhao, Zucheng; Sutcliffe, Charles M. S. - In: Economic and political studies : EPS 9 (2021) 2, pp. 186-216
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Raising the retirement age : the impact on the individual and actuarial balance for Chinese urban workers' basic pensions
Wang, Xiaojun; Shan, Ge - In: Economic and political studies : EPS 4 (2016) 3/4, pp. 397-413
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011589807
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An increase in the retirement age in China : the regional economic effects
Chen, Anping; Groenewold, Nicolaas - In: Applied economics 49 (2017) 7, pp. 702-721
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