Based on the reality that 29 Chinese provinces have already implemented the policy allowing a couple to raise a second child if either parent is an only child, this paper provides an empirical study on the effect of t...Based on the reality that 29 Chinese provinces have already implemented the policy allowing a couple to raise a second child if either parent is an only child, this paper provides an empirical study on the effect of this policy on the financial status of the social pooling fund of basic pension insurance for urban employees. Our study suggests the followings. First, under the previous unchanged family planning policy, current deficits and cumulative deficits will occur in the social pooling fund in the year 2047 and 2063 respectively. Second, if lO% to 50% of qualified couples choose to raise a second child, the financial status of the social pooling fund will improve; relative to the previous unchanged family planning policy, the contribution ratio can decrease from 20% to the range between 18.06% and 19.57% without causing any changes to the original financial status of income and expenditure. Third, if the percentage of couples choosing to raise a second child rises to 60% to 100%, the contribution ratio can even decrease to the range between 16.55% and 17. 7% without causing any changes to the financial status as under the previous unchanged family planning policy. The above conclusions have all passed the sensitivity test. Therefore, the ＂two-child policy＂ for qualified couples is favorable to alleviating the payment pressures of pension insurance but the policy effectiveness is subject to fertility desire and the intensity of government implementation.展开更多
Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey,this study investigated the impact of health insurance coverage on children’s health in China.To address the potential endogeneity between insurance and health,we...Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey,this study investigated the impact of health insurance coverage on children’s health in China.To address the potential endogeneity between insurance and health,we adopted the instrumental variable probit model.We found that insurance enrollment significantly improved the health of children,especially urban children,but there was no significant insurance effect across gender.After using the propensity score matching method,an alternative measure of child health,and a sub-sample of children aged above 10,our major finding of the insurance effect on child health is verified and robust.We further conducted the path analysis by identifying three potential paths through which medical insurance improved child health.We found that child health behaviour and nutritional intake are the effective paths between insurance enrollment and health status.These results provided implications for policy makers in constructing and developing the supportive system of child medical insurance in China.展开更多
基金sponsored by the National Social Sciences Foundation Program,An Evaluation of the Impact of China’s Family Planning Policy Adjustment on the Sustainability of the Social Security Fund and A Study of the Relevant Countermeasures(Grant No.15XRK005,chaired by:Zeng Yi)
文摘Based on the reality that 29 Chinese provinces have already implemented the policy allowing a couple to raise a second child if either parent is an only child, this paper provides an empirical study on the effect of this policy on the financial status of the social pooling fund of basic pension insurance for urban employees. Our study suggests the followings. First, under the previous unchanged family planning policy, current deficits and cumulative deficits will occur in the social pooling fund in the year 2047 and 2063 respectively. Second, if lO% to 50% of qualified couples choose to raise a second child, the financial status of the social pooling fund will improve; relative to the previous unchanged family planning policy, the contribution ratio can decrease from 20% to the range between 18.06% and 19.57% without causing any changes to the original financial status of income and expenditure. Third, if the percentage of couples choosing to raise a second child rises to 60% to 100%, the contribution ratio can even decrease to the range between 16.55% and 17. 7% without causing any changes to the financial status as under the previous unchanged family planning policy. The above conclusions have all passed the sensitivity test. Therefore, the ＂two-child policy＂ for qualified couples is favorable to alleviating the payment pressures of pension insurance but the policy effectiveness is subject to fertility desire and the intensity of government implementation.
基金the National Social Science Foundation of China(No.16BRK019).
文摘Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey,this study investigated the impact of health insurance coverage on children’s health in China.To address the potential endogeneity between insurance and health,we adopted the instrumental variable probit model.We found that insurance enrollment significantly improved the health of children,especially urban children,but there was no significant insurance effect across gender.After using the propensity score matching method,an alternative measure of child health,and a sub-sample of children aged above 10,our major finding of the insurance effect on child health is verified and robust.We further conducted the path analysis by identifying three potential paths through which medical insurance improved child health.We found that child health behaviour and nutritional intake are the effective paths between insurance enrollment and health status.These results provided implications for policy makers in constructing and developing the supportive system of child medical insurance in China.
