TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Social Pension Scheme on Farm Production in China
T2 - Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey
AU - Xie, Tongwei
AU - Xiong, Changjiang
AU - Xu, Qing
AU - Zhou, Tianshu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/2/1
Y1 - 2022/2/1
N2 - How does a social pension scheme affect farm production? This study addresses this question by investigating the effect of social pension on farm production by taking Urban and Rural Residents Pension Scheme (URRPS) in China as an illustration. Based on the implementation of the policy before and after the unification of URRPS, this paper uses the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS) in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2018 and conducts an analytical framework of the difference-in-difference model. The results show that, although the impact of URRPS on labor productivity is not significant, the pension income of URRPS significantly improves the land productivity of elderly farmers. Furthermore, the land productivity effect is larger for male farmers. This paper reveals the certain role played by pension scheme in promoting farm production, providing insights on alleviating the pressure of farm production brought by agricultural labor aging.
AB - How does a social pension scheme affect farm production? This study addresses this question by investigating the effect of social pension on farm production by taking Urban and Rural Residents Pension Scheme (URRPS) in China as an illustration. Based on the implementation of the policy before and after the unification of URRPS, this paper uses the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS) in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2018 and conducts an analytical framework of the difference-in-difference model. The results show that, although the impact of URRPS on labor productivity is not significant, the pension income of URRPS significantly improves the land productivity of elderly farmers. Furthermore, the land productivity effect is larger for male farmers. This paper reveals the certain role played by pension scheme in promoting farm production, providing insights on alleviating the pressure of farm production brought by agricultural labor aging.
KW - China
KW - Farm production
KW - Social pension
KW - Urban and Rural Residents Pension Scheme
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85124589117
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph19042292
DO - 10.3390/ijerph19042292
M3 - 文章
C2 - 35206491
AN - SCOPUS:85124589117
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 19
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 4
M1 - 2292
ER -
