Leaving Money on the Table? Suboptimal Enrollment in the New Social Pension Program in China [0.03%]
放弃的不仅是桌面：中国新社会养老金计划中的次优参与现象
Xi Chen,Lipeng Hu,Jody Sindelar
Xi Chen
China's recently implemented New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS), the largest social pension program in the world, was designed to provide financial protection for its rural population and reduce economic inequities. Yet the impact of this prog...
Redistributive effects of different pension systems when longevity varies by socioeconomic status [0.03%]
预期寿命的差异导致的不同养老体系的收入再分配效应分析
Miguel Sanchez-Romero,Ronald D Lee,Alexia Prskawetz
Miguel Sanchez-Romero
We propose a general analytical framework to model the redistributive features of alternative pension systems when individuals face ex ante differences in mortality. Differences in life expectancy between high and low socioeconomic groups a...
Health Inequality among Chinese Older Adults: The Role of Childhood Circumstances [0.03%]
中国老年人的健康不平等：童年境遇的作用
Binjian Yan,Xi Chen,Thomas M Gill
Binjian Yan
This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARL...
The Long-Term Impact of Functional Disability on Hospitalization Spending in Singapore [0.03%]
功能障碍对新加坡住院费用的长期影响
C Chen,J T Lim,N C Chia et al.
C Chen et al.
Singapore is one of the fastest-aging populations due to increased life expectancy and lowered fertility. Lifestyle changes increase the burden of chronic diseases and disability. These have important implications for social protection syst...
Health Disparities and the Socioeconomic Gradient in Elderly Life-Cycle Consumption [0.03%]
健康差异与老年人生命周期消费的社会经济梯度
Ray Miller,Neha Bairoliya,David Canning
Ray Miller
We quantify the importance of health disparities in explaining consumption differences at older ages by estimating a panel VAR model of elderly consumption, health, and mortality using data from the Health and Retirement Study. We use the e...
The Relationship Between Lifetime Out-of-pocket Medical Expenditures, Dementia, and Socioeconomic Status in the U.S [0.03%]
美国终身医疗自付费用、痴呆和经济状况之间的关系
Péter Hudomiet,Michael D Hurd,Susann Rohwedder
Péter Hudomiet
Dementia is one of the most expensive medical conditions. The costs are borne by families, by private insurance and by society via public programs such as Medicaid in the U.S.. There is extensive research on the relationship between dementi...
Health Inequalities in the South African elderly: The Importance of the Measure of Social-Economic Status [0.03%]
南非老年人的健康不平等：社会经济状况衡量标准的重要性
Carlos Riumallo-Herl,David Canning,Chodziwadziwa Kabudula
Carlos Riumallo-Herl
A common approach when studying inequalities in health is to use a wealth index based on household durable goods as a proxy for socio-economic status. We test this approach for elderly health using data from an aging survey in a rural area ...
Anita Mukherjee,Olivia S Mitchell
Anita Mukherjee
Using new data from a field experiment in India, we test hypotheses about micropension design in a poor population. We elicit demand for the basic micropension in addition to variants with different minimum withdrawal ages, government match...
Marco Angrisani,Jinkook Lee
Marco Angrisani
Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we examine the association between cognition and financial outcomes among older American couples. We first investigate the relationship between couple members' cognitive ability and financial...