Study Ding (2017): study CN 2011

Public

45+ aged, rural hukou, China, 2011

Survey name

CN-China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS)

Sample

Respondents

N = 10378

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

No pension

Our Classification

Remarks

The New Rural Pension Program is a semi-public program; participants pay as for private pension but public subsidy is added to payments The New Rural Pension Program started in 2009 and involved more government involvement than the earlier Old Rural Pension Program. Both programs intend to reduce the difference in old age income between urban and rural areas and make rural elderly less dependent on family (who moved to cities) and land

Related specification variables

Operationalization

No use of the  New Rural Pension Program or any other pension system
1: voluntary non-use
0: involuntary: non-use;
   not available in local area, not eligible

Observed Relation with Happiness