Analyzing the Heterogeneous Impact of Rural Social Pension on Elderly People’s Health in China from the Perspective of Collectivist Household Decision-Making
Abstract:Background: This study examines the effect of rural social pension policies on elderly people’s health from the perspective of collectivist household decision-making. It aims to explain the heterogeneous outcomes that rural social pension policies have for elderly people in different households, arguing that there is a conflict between the individualism of China’s rural pension scheme design and the collectivism of farmers’ decision-making.
Methods: To uncover the mechanism causing pension policies’ disparate … Show more
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