论文标题
退休和养老金福利的短期健康后果：来自中国的证据
Short-Run Health Consequences of Retirement and Pension Benefits: Evidence from China
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论文摘要
本文研究了新的农村养老金计划（NRP）对中国的影响。利用始于2009年的NRPS政策扩展的交错实施，我们使用差异差异方法来研究引入养老金福利对健康状况，健康行为以及60岁及以上农村成年人的健康状况的影响。结果指出了三个主要结论。首先，除了改善自我报告的健康外，获得养老金计划的老年人在几种重要的健康措施（包括机动性，自我保健，通常的活动和愿景）方面有了显着改善。其次，关于流动性和自我保健的功能领域，我们发现研究组中的女性导致了对男性同行的改善。第三，在我们寻找推动积极退休计划结果的机制时，我们发现证据表明，个体健康行为的变化，例如减少饮酒和吸烟以及改善睡眠习惯，起着重要作用。我们的发现表明，由于社会溢出效应而产生的退休计划的潜在好处。此外，这些计划可能会减轻退休人口的发病率负担。
This paper examines the impact of the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) in China. Exploiting the staggered implementation of an NRPS policy expansion that began in 2009, we use a difference-in-difference approach to study the effects of the introduction of pension benefits on the health status, health behaviors, and healthcare utilization of rural Chinese adults age 60 and above. The results point to three main conclusions. First, in addition to improvements in self-reported health, older adults with access to the pension program experienced significant improvements in several important measures of health, including mobility, self-care, usual activities, and vision. Second, regarding the functional domains of mobility and self-care, we found that the females in the study group led in improvements over their male counterparts. Third, in our search for the mechanisms that drive positive retirement program results, we find evidence that changes in individual health behaviors, such as a reduction in drinking and smoking, and improved sleep habits, play an important role. Our findings point to the potential benefits of retirement programs resulting from social spillover effects. In addition, these programs may lessen the morbidity burden among the retired population.
