China's social safety net is still underdeveloped, hence family support in the form of intergenerational transfers often serves as a substitute for the public transfer system. Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, this paper finds that both upstream inter-vivos...

Family support in the form of intergenerational transfers could serve as a substitute for the public transfer system, especially when the public safety net is weak. Intergenerational transfers could be impacted by changes in public insurance. Conversely, induced changes in family transfers could...