CWE | 李梦华 周昀 史新杰：谁来照顾中国农村的中老年父母？

*中文标题和摘要系简单翻译，可能存在部分错误，请以英文为准

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Menghua Li, Yun Zhou. and Xinjie Shi. (2021), Who Will Care for Middle Aged and Elderly Parents in Rural China?. China & World Economy, 29(2): 123-150. 

全文链接：

https://doi.org/10.1111/cwe.12373

作者：Menghua Li, Yun Zhou, Xinjie Shi

摘要简单翻译：本文使用2015年中国健康与养老追踪调查数据，分析了父母健康与孩子性别之间的因果关系。我们发现，与没有女儿的父母相比，有一个女儿的父母的日常健康活动增加了0.155倍。这种影响主要是通过提供精神安慰和经济支持而不是通过与父母同住来实现的。我们还证实了无论是否有养老保险，女儿都是老年父母经济和情感支持的重要来源。这项研究关注了女儿对父母的支持，而女儿对父母的支持作用在以前没有被认为与儿子一样的可靠，我们的研究对中国具有重要的政策含义。

Abstract:

Using data from the 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, this paper analyzes how the health of parents is causally linked to the gender of their children. We find that, compared with parents with no daughters, those with one daughter are healthier by 0.155 more activities of daily living. This effect is mainly channeled through the provision of emotional comfort and financial support, and not through living with parents. We also confirm that daughters are an important source of financial and emotional support for elderly parents, regardless of whether the parents have pension insurance. This study has important policy implications for China as it focuses on the support from daughters, who historically have not been considered to be as reliable as sons in supporting their parents.

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