This paper examines the impact of the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) in China. Exploiting the staggered implementation … introduction of pension benefits on the health status, health behaviors, and healthcare utilization of rural Chinese adults age 60 … adults with access to the pension program experienced significant improvements in several important measures of health …

For more than a quarter-century now, most private-sector American workers who have a retirement plan at work have … funded it primarily through their own contributions -- and do not have a traditional pension funded exclusively by the … employer. Various new retirement policy proposals could go in opposite directions: encourage greater participation in …

results imply that HCW is concentrated among more educated urban senior residents with access to the statutory pension system … the United States, may not be applicable to high-income economies with underdeveloped pension systems.(Asian Dev Rev/GIGA) …

incentives by examining the age-specific relationship between workers' eligibility for RHBs and retirement. The findings suggest …). -- Tax Subsidies ; Health Insurance ; Retirement ; Employee Benefits ; Deferred Compensation ; Compensation Methods …

emerged as a key risk affecting individuals, pension plans, insurers, and governments in both the developed and emerging world …

some, defined contribution (DC) retirement savings plans provide a ready source of funds to meet these medical debts. We …. Apart from health status, once a household decides to borrow from their retirement funds, race and education also influence … how much to borrow. We argue that public policy can improve the long-term financial retirement security of households by …