摘要
积极应对人口老龄化已提升为中国的国家战略。本文采用2011、2013和2015年中国健康与养老追踪调查数据,估计了丧偶冲击对老年健康状况的短期影响,重点考察养老金是否能够缓解丧偶对健康的负向冲击。研究结果表明,丧偶冲击整体上增加了老人患精神抑郁和日常活动需要帮助的概率。只有较高待遇的养老保险,如机关事业单位或企业职工基本养老保险才能显著平抑丧偶对老年健康造成的不利影响。如果夫妻双方均具有较高待遇的养老保险,则丧偶对其健康的负向冲击相对较小。此外,异质性分析结果表明,丧偶对女性老年人的健康冲击更大,但较高待遇养老保险的平抑效应在男性和女性老年人间不存在显著差异。
The active response to China’s aging population has been elevated to a national strategy.Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS)from 2011,2013 and 2015,this paper estimates the short-term impact of widowhood shocks on the health status of the elderly,focusing on whether pensions are able to alleviate the adverse health effects of widowhood.The results of the study show that widowhood shocks increase the overall likelihood that older people will need help in their activities of daily living(ADL)or instrumental activities of daily living(IADL)and that they will become mentally depressed.Only higher-paid pension insurance,such as basic old-age insurance for employees of government agencies,institutions or enterprises,can significantly eliminate the adverse effects of widowhood shocks on the health of the elderly.Compared to elderly couples for whom both spouses have lower pension insurance,if both spouses have higher pension insurance,the negative impact of widowhood on their health is relatively small.The results of the heterogeneity analysis also show that widowhood has a greater impact on health of older women,but there are no significant differences in the alleviation effect of higher-paid pension insurance between older men and women.
作者
李琴
赵锐
张同龙
Li Qin;Zhao Rui;Zhang Tonglong
出处
《世界经济》
CSSCI
北大核心
2021年第9期180-206,共27页
The Journal of World Economy
基金
国家社科基金重大项目(19ZDA115)
广东省自然科学基金(2019A1515011004)
广东省哲学社会科学基金(GD18XYJ27)的资助。
关键词
丧偶
健康
养老保险
平抑效应
widowhood
health
old-age insurance
alleviation effect
