长三角地区养老产业发展水平格局及影响因素研究

Great opportunities have been brought by population aging for the development of pension industry, this paper explores the spatio-temporal differences and influencing factors of pension industry in the Yangtze River Delta by using the data of retirement enterprises in 2014 and 2019. The research shows that: 1) The entire development of the pension industry in the Yangtze River Delta is rapid, and a multi-core spatial pattern centered on "Hefei, Nanjing, Huaian, and Lishui" has gradually formed. The performance of the four sectors varies, showing the development characteristics of "senior products sector > senior care sector > emerging sector > senior finance sector", the senior care sector developed the most evenly and the emerging sector developed the most polarized in space. 2) The development of pension industry in the Yangtze River Delta is influenced by a combination of factors such as the number of the elder, medical condition and financial expenditure, and the differences between the influencing factors in 2014 and 2019 are obvious: the impact of medical condition and accessibility on pension industry remarkably strengthened, while economic strength was weakened. 3) The influencing factors are distinct in different sectors, the number of the elder and economy strength have a positive contribution to the development of the elder care sector and the erlder finance sector, medical condition and accessibility are the main influencing factors for the elder products sector and the emerging sector respectively.