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JOURNAL OF AGING & SOCIAL POLICY
Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 123-138Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2014.977662
Keywords
family structure; China; old-age support; elders; New Rural Social Pension (NRSP); quality of life
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- 985 Project
- Fundamental Research Funds of the Central Universities of Xi'an Jiaotong University
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Using data from a survey in Ankang district of Shaanxi province of China in 2011, this article examines the protective effect of the New Rural Social Pension (NRSP) on quality of life of rural elders, as well the moderating effect on association between family structure and quality of life. An instrumental variable approach is used. NRSP is shown to significantly improve the quality of life of rural elders, and a robustness check shows that this effect is consistent across different sets of subgroups. Compared with the elders who have at least one son, the quality of life of those who are childless or have only one child is significantly lower. The NRSP is more likely to significantly improve the quality of life of one-child elders. In addition, the associations between the NRSP and the different facets of quality of life of the elders are significant except for the facet of sensory abilities.
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