scholarly journals Attitudes and preferences towards future old-age support amongst tomorrow’s elders in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 285-314
Author(s):  
Min Qin ◽  
Jane Falkingham ◽  
Maria Evandrou ◽  
Athina Vlachantoni
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Old Age Support

Old age support in kind

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAZUTOSHI MIYAZAWA
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Strategic Behavior ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Formal Care ◽  
Old Age Support ◽  
Transfer Policy ◽  
Endogenous Growth Model ◽  
Disincentive Effect ◽  
Inter Vivos Transfer

AbstractIt has been argued whether a transfer policy for elderly people should be in kind or in cash. This paper presents a rationale to answer the question in an endogenous growth model with a two-way intrafamily transfer in middle age, education for the child as an inter-vivos transfer, and informal parental care in exchange for a bequest. We have two analytical results. First, a transfer in cash, such as a public pension, prevents economic growth because a strategic behavior concerning caregiving generates a disincentive effect on education. Second, a transfer in kind, such as public formal care, promotes economic growth because the valuation of the service generates an additional benefit of education, which dominates the disincentive effect. Our results show that old age support should be in kind rather than in cash in the context of economic growth and also welfare if bequests are strategic.

The Manipulation of Children’s Preferences, Old-Age Support, and Investment in Children’s Human Capital

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (S2) ◽  
pp. S3-S30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary S. Becker ◽  
Kevin M. Murphy ◽  
Jörg L. Spenkuch
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Old Age Support

Paying for Old Age: Past, Present, Future

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Thomas ◽  
Paul Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Social Security Systems ◽  
Security Systems ◽  
Old Age Support ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Old Age ◽  
The Uk

This chapter focuses on one fundamental aspects of an ageing population — how to pay for old age, individually and collectively. It also presents a study of the history of old age support in the UK and US and concludes that despite the quite different beginnings of the public pension and social security systems, government policy in both countries has become similarly locked in to a set of institutional arrangements which were devised to respond to immediate social and economic problems, but which have acquired a rationale and a dynamic of their own.

Old-age support and protection

2015 ◽  
pp. 503-537
Author(s):  
Xiaoyan Lei ◽  
Chuanchuan Zhang ◽  
Yaohui Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Old Age Support

Intergenerational support among widowed older adults in China

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenmei Zhang ◽  
I-Fen Lin
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Intergenerational Support ◽  
Old Age Support ◽  
Old Adults ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Healthy Longevity ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Parents With Disabilities

With the rapid aging of the Chinese population, growing attention has been given to old-age support. Widowed older adults constitute a particularly vulnerable population because the loss of a spouse can lead to financial hardships and emotional distress. We used data from the 2002 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey to examine multiple dimensions of old-age support among a nationwide sample of widowed old adults ages 65 and older (N = 10,511). The results show that Chinese widows and widowers rely heavily on their adult children, particularly sons and daughters-in-law, for financial, instrumental, and emotional support. Widowed older adults’ needs and the number of children are the most significant predictors of old-age support. Widowed older adults with multiple marriages have a lower likelihood of receiving financial assistance, sick care, and emotional support from their children compared to their counterparts who have married only once. There appears to be same-gender preference in adult children’s care for their widowed parents with disabilities.

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