In this study, we examine the effect of the Social Security Fund on auditor litigation risk. Using audit fees as a proxy for auditor perceptions of litigation risk, we find that the Social Security Fund significantly reduces auditor litigation risk. Furthermore, we show that the Social Security...

Family ties and kinship networks play an important role in sharing risk under insufficient social security. In this paper, we use panel data based on a massive household survey in China to examine the heterogeneous risk-sharing networks and their impacts on household finance. Based on a...

This study complements the literature by examining the role of housing in the allocation and performance of household portfolios under uncertainty. Based on comprehensive survey data in urban China, we identify both income uncertainty associated with unemployment and expenditure uncertainty...

Family ties and kinship networks play an important role in sharing risk under unanticipated shocks, especially under insufficient social security. In this paper, we use panel data based on a massive household survey to examine the risk-sharing networks and their heterogeneous impacts on...

This paper investigates the impact of offspring’s uncertainty on intergenerational decisions. We exploit the experiment of the national college entrance examination (NCEE) reform in China, which increases the income uncertainty of households with compulsory education students. Based on...