Son Preference and Access to Social Insurance: Evidence from China's Rural Pension Program  

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Ebenstein, Avraham ; Leung, Steven

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Population and Development Review vol. 36 no. 01 (Mar. 2010), page 47-70.
Topik: Pension Program; China

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: P18 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Many scholars argue that the persistence of son preference in China is driven by greater anticipated ald-age support from sons than from daughters and the absence of formal financial mechanisms for families to save for retirement. The introduction of a voluntary old-age pension program in rural China in the 1990s present the opportunity to examine (1) whether parents with sons are less likely to participate in pension plans and (2) whether providing access to pension plans affects parental sex-selection desicions. Consistent with the first hypothesis, we find that parents with sons are less likely to participate in the pension program and have less financial savings for retirement. Consistent with the second hypothesis, we find that an increase in country-level pension program availability is associated with a slower increase in the sex ratio at birth.

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