| By: |
Giles, John;
Wang, Dewen;
Zhao, Changbao |
| Abstract: |
This paper shows that support from the family continues to be an important
source of support for the rural elderly, particularly the rural elderly over
70 years of age. Decline in likelihood of co-residence with, or in close
proximity to, adult children raises the possibility that China's rural elderly
will receive less support in the forms of both income and in-kind instrumental
care. Although descriptive evidence on net financial transfers suggests that
the elderly with migrant children will receive similar levels of financial
transfers as those without migrant children, the predicted variance associated
with these transfers implies a higher risk that elderly with migrant children
may fall into poverty. Reducing the risk of low incomes among the elderly is
one important motive for new rural pension initiatives supported by China's
government, which are scheduled to be expanded to cover all rural counties by
the end of the 12th Five Year Plan in 2016. |
| Keywords: |
Rural Poverty Reduction,Population Policies,Services&Transfers to Poor,Regional Economic Development,Labor Policies |
| Date: |
2010–12–01 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:5510&r=cna |