The Impact of Health on Work in China: A Study Using Pilot Survey Data

Using the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study pilot survey, this paper analyses the relationship between work and health in middle-aged and elderly people in China. Using an instrumental variable estimation and simultaneous equation model, this study confirms that health and pension syste...

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Published inGeneva papers on risk and insurance. Issues and practice Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 857 - 870
Main Authors Zhang, Yue-hua, Li, Chu-Shiu, Liu, Chwen-Chi, Peng, Sheng-Chang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Palgrave Macmillan 01.10.2013
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Subjects
Early retirement
Economics and Finance
Employees
Employers
Employment
Family income
Finance
Households
Impact analysis
Industrialized nations
Insurance
Labor force
Labor supply
Longitudinal studies
Monetary incentives
Older people
Original Article
Pension plans
Personal health
Risk Management
Studies
Wages & salaries
China
health status
instrumental variable
retirement
workplace
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Summary:Using the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study pilot survey, this paper analyses the relationship between work and health in middle-aged and elderly people in China. Using an instrumental variable estimation and simultaneous equation model, this study confirms that health and pension system do matter to employment.
ISSN:1018-5895
1468-0440
DOI:10.1057/gpp.2013.9