Rural Social Pension Insurance Research Articles

The impact of green and low carbon agricultural production on farmers’ income in minority areas: a case study of Y Town, Zhijin County, Guizhou Province

Developing green and low-carbon agriculture is an important and effective way to promote farmers’ income growth. Given the country’s “dual carbon” goal, the study of the impact of green and low-carbon agriculture on the income of farmers in ethnic minority areas is crucial for China to achieve the goals of socialist modernization and common prosperity. Taking Y Town, Zhijin County, Guizhou Province as an example, this paper uses the OLS regression method to empirically study the impact of green and low-carbon agricultural production methods on the income of farmers in ethnic minority mountainous agricultural areas based on the field survey data of 881 farmers. The regression results indicate that there is a positive correlation between green and low-carbon agricultural production and the household income levels of farmers; adopting green and low-carbon agricultural production technologies can effectively promote the growth of farmers’ household income. In addition, education level, health status, and the new rural social pension insurance have all had a significant effect on the income of rural households, however, due to the difficulty in establishing trust relationships, agricultural service outsourcing has reduced the household income level of farmers. As an example, the land transfer behavior in Y Town has no significant effect on increasing farmers’ incomes. Finally, it is recommended to increase fiscal and financial support as well as effectively enhancing farmers’ policy awareness and perception of green and low-carbon agricultural production technologies by improving farmers’ general trust and institutional trust by strengthening farmers’ agricultural education and skills training while cultivating technology-based farming. At the same time, it is necessary to break the geographical restrictions on land transfer scale and achieve moderate-scale land management while promoting the use and adoption of green and low-carbon agricultural production technologies, thereby improving agricultural production efficiency and product quality, and increasing the sustainable growth of farmers’ income. The main contribution of this study is to expand the research scope of green and low-carbon agriculture to ethnic minorities and mountainous agricultural areas.

Impact of the new rural social pension insurance on the health of the rural older adult population: based on the China health and retirement longitudinal study.

The health issues of China's older adult population in rural areas have been receiving increasing attention with the continuous expansion of the nation's ageing population and the continuous promotion of urban-rural integration. The impact of the new rural social pension insurance (NRSPI) on the health of the rural older adult population, the mechanism of its action and how old-age service can be improved and optimised according to the health needs of the rural older adult population are urgent and realistic challenges. Based on survey data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study in 2015 and 2018, this study applies a multivariate ordered logistic regression model to explore the impact mechanism and effect of the NRSPI on the older adult population health in rural China while controlling for endogeneity. The results show that participation in the NRSPI can significantly improve the health of the rural older adult population at a 1% level. The results of the heterogeneity test reveal that the NRSPI has a significant impact on the self-reported health of the rural older adult at a 1% level, with a significantly positive impact on the mental and physical health of rural female older adult, whereas the impact on male older adult is not significant. The mediating effect test results show that medical services, food access and entertainment activities have a mediating effect on the new rural social endowment insurance. The results of the moderating effect test indicate that the NRSPI regulates 7.8% of the effect of physical health on mental health and 10.7% of the effect of mental health on physical health. Based on these findings, this study proposes to strengthen the construction of healthy lifestyle guidance and emotional support systems while improving the NRSPI's participation rate and treatment level to meet the diverse health service needs of different older adult groups.

Can China's new rural pension scheme alleviate the relative poverty of rural households? An empirical analysis based on thePSM‐DIDmethod

AbstractBased on five‐period panel data from the China Family Panel Studies 2010–2018, this paper uses the propensity score matching difference‐in‐differences (PSM‐DID) method to comprehensively evaluate the effects of the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) on alleviating rural households' relative poverty. At the same time, based on the theory of sustainable livelihoods of rural households, the mediating effects model is applied to analyse the mechanism of rural households' livelihood capital. The results of the study are as follows. (1) The NRPS helps alleviate the relative poverty of rural households. (2) The livelihood capital of rural households is an important mechanism for the NRPS to alleviate the relative poverty of rural households, and social capital, financial capital, and human capital all play a part in the mediating effect. (3) The results of the heterogeneity tests based on the stage of rural households' participation in the NRPS and the region of participation in the NRPS indicate that the governance effects of the NRPS on rural households' relative poverty are more significant among households in the contributory stage and the central and western regions. Additionally, the results are supported by robustness tests, such as replacing the dependent variable and the PSM method. The findings of this paper have important implications for the establishment of a long‐term mechanism to address relative poverty and the construction of a more efficient and inclusive rural social pension insurance system in China and other developing countries.

The Meaning of Enjoyment of New Rural Social Pension Insurance Benefits

The Meaning of Enjoyment of New Rural Social Pension Insurance Benefits

Analysis of the impact of social insurance on farmers in China: A study exploring subjective perceptions of well-being and the mechanisms of common prosperity.

Exploring common prosperity in China, this study focuses on the impact of social pension insurance on the well-being of rural communities. It explores the direct beneficiaries and policy effects of the Rural Social Pension Insurance system (RSPI), which was piloted in 2009 and achieved full coverage in 2012. It summarizes the performance and implementation of social pension insurance and the development of the rural social pension system. The article uses microdata from the four most recent periods of China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), which were undertaken in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018, and uses the Order Probit model to analyze the effects of participating in insurance on rural residents in terms of their subjective well-being. The study identifies diverse effects on farmers from different age groups, genders, and regions, with a focus on subjective well-being. The article also tests the mediating effects of health status and self-rated social status on farmers' subjective well-being and their mechanisms of action. Findings reveal that participating in the insurance system significantly improved the subjective well-being of rural residents. Its biggest beneficiaries were groups of rural residents with poor health status, living in good overall conditions. Taking into account the most recent aims of this policy, to promote rural revitalization and common prosperity, further optimization of the rural pension insurance system should improve the living standards of low-income groups, enabling more comprehensive coverage, and potentially helping to mitigate the risk of returning to poverty due to illness. Developments in basic social security and the rural basic pension system could effectively guarantee the basic standards of living of rural residents. Future development of the system should take into account the heterogeneous characteristics of rural residents and implement social pension protection policies in accordance with local conditions.

Rural Social Security, Precautionary Savings, and the Upgrading of Rural Residents’ Consumption Structure in China

Based on the 2012 and 2018 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) data, this paper explores the influence mechanism between rural social security, precautionary savings, and the upgrading of rural residents’ consumption structure in China from theoretical and empirical perspectives. The results show that China’s rural social security can significantly promote the upgrading of rural residents’ consumption structure, and 1.79% of the positive effect of China’s rural social security on the upgrading of rural residents’ consumption structure in China is realized through the mediating effect of precautionary saving; the robustness of the regression results is tested by a placebo test and substitution matching method. Through further research, it is found that the promotion effect of China’s rural social security on the upgrading of rural residents’ consumption structure in China varies by region and age. In order to promote the sustainable upgrading of rural residents’ consumption structure, rural social security policies should be further improved, and new rural social pension insurance policies should be formulated according to local conditions, which will ultimately promote the economic development of rural areas.

New Rural Social Pension Insurance, Income and the Happiness of Rural Residents

With the implementation of the New Rural Social Pension Insurance (NRSPI) in China, many rural elderly people benefit from this program. But will the same grade of pension produce the same utility for each individual? This paper analyzes the panel data of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) from 2011 to 2018, and uses the Continuous-Difference In Differences(Continuous DID) model to investigate the effect of the NRSPI on happiness improvement in individuals with different incomes. The results show that the pension can significantly improve the satisfaction of the rural elderly, and this utility will decrease with the increase of income. This study has reference significance for rural residents to choose the grade of the insurance according to their personal situation, and has reference value for the government to improve the old-age insurance policy.

How Do Medical Insurance and New Rural Social Pension Insurance Affect the Mental Health of the Rural Elderly?

At a time when China's common prosperity has entered a new stage of development, the rapid increase in medical costs is still a major concern for some families who are "returning to poverty due to illness". Can the new rural pension and medical insurance effectively relieve the mental burden of the elderly? Based on the microdata of individuals from 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), this paper explored the effects of medical insurance and New Rural Social Pension Insurance (NRSPI) on the mental health of the rural elderly using a fixed-effects model. It was found that participation in medical insurance significantly improved the mental health of rural elderly adults, while participation in the NRSPI had no significant effect on the mental health of the elderly adults. Based on an exploratory interpretation of the relevant mechanisms, this paper makes the following recommendations: medical service resources should be actively promoted downward, rural medical subsidies should be increased, while the design of the medical insurance system should be improved to increase farmers' motivation to participate in insurance, and the construction of cultural activities and facilities in communities in rural areas should be enriched to provide rich conditions for social participation of the rural elderly and to protect their mental health.

Effect of Rural Social Pension Insurance on Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods

Effect of Rural Social Pension Insurance on Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods

The Effect of the New Rural Social Pension Insurance Program on the Choice of Medical Institutions for Rural Elderly

To explore the effect of the New Rural Social Pension Insurance (NRSPI) program on the choice of medical institutions for rural elderly is not only an effective entry point to test the influence of the NRSPI program, but also plays an significant role in maintaining people's health, improving our nation’s retirement pension system and the construction of the new countryside. To this end, based on the five periods of Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS) data from 2010 to 2018, this paper used Logit model and DID model to empirically investigate the impact of the NRSPI program on the choice of medical institutions for rural elderly. The empirical results show that: first, the NRSPI program can significantly promote the rural elderly to choose higher level of medical institutions for medical treatment. Specifically, receiving the NRSPI pension will increase the probability of rural elderly choosing hospitals at the county level and above by 8.6%, the hospitals at the township level by 2.5%, and will decrease the likelihood of choosing hospitals at the village level by 5.5%.Second, the effects of the NRSPI program are heterogeneous. Compared with the rural elderly in high income families, the program has a greater impact on the choice of medical institutions for those in low income families. Compared with the rural elderly in the eastern region, the program has a greater impact on the selection of county level hospitals and above by those in the central and western regions, but has less impact on the selection of village level hospitals.

The impact of social insurance on health among middle-aged and older adults in rural China: a longitudinal study using a three-wave nationwide survey

BackgroundMany studies have examined the impact of social insurance on health, but the results have generally been mixed, presumably because they have not fully addressed potential biases related to the study’s cross-sectional design. In this study, we conducted a longitudinal analysis to investigate how participation in two social insurance programs in China—the New Rural Social Pension Insurance (NRSPI) and the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS)—was associated with health outcomes among middle-aged and older adults in rural China.MethodsUsing three-wave longitudinal data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study conducted in 2011, 2013, and 2015, we estimated the dynamic fixed-effects regression models to examine the association between participation in the NRCMS/NRSPI and six types of health outcomes.ResultsParticipation in the NRSPI was positively associated with some health outcomes, but the associations were relatively modest and were observed only for some specific age and household income groups. Participation in NRCMS was not associated with any health outcomes.ConclusionsThe results provide limited evidence of the positive impact of social insurance on health among middle-aged and older adults in rural China. Thus, social insurance programs should be reformed to enhance their positive impact on health.

Could the new rural social pension insurance promote farmers' land transfer:Based on three waves panel data of CHARLS

Could the new rural social pension insurance promote farmers' land transfer:Based on three waves panel data of CHARLS

The effect of the New Rural Social Pension Insurance program on the retirement and labor supply decision in China

Abstract In 2009, the Chinese government introduced the New Rural Social Pension Insurance (NRSPI) program; it was expanded nationwide in 2012. This paper investigates the effects of the NRSPI program on retirement and old-age labor supply patterns in China, using two-wave nationwide survey data. After controlling for endogenous bias by using instrumental variables, we found that receiving pension benefits from the NRSPI program can substantially increase the likelihood of retirement and reduce the number of working hours among women, even though the amount of NRSPI pension benefits is far below the minimum cost of living. Furthermore, we broke down the labor supply into agricultural and nonagricultural labor supply, and found that most of the decrease in labor supply stems from the agricultural labor supply. We also found that people from different income brackets, contribution levels, education backgrounds, age groups, and household registration statuses behave differently in their retirement and in terms of labor supply decision-making.

Can China’s new rural social pension insurance adequately protect the elderly in times of population ageing?

ABSTRACTWith the migration of young people from the rural to the urban regions in China, the growth of the ageing population in the rural regions has been accelerating. Concurrently, since 2009, China has begun to implement a new rural social pension insurance scheme. Can the new rural social pension insurance adequately protect China’s rural elderly in times of population ageing? This paper analyses the benefits to the rural elderly under China’s new rural social pension insurance and finds that the insurance cannot adequately protect its rural elderly population. Further, the insurance scheme still has many problems that need to be resolved. China should revise its new rural social pension insurance to adapt to its ageing population.

A Small Amount Can Make a Big Difference: The Effect of the New Rural Social Pension Insurance Program on the Retirement Decision in China

In 2009, the New Rural Social Pension Insurance program (NRSPI) was introduced and expanded to nationwide in 2012. This paper investigates the effect of the NRSPI on the retirement and old-age labor supply pattern in China using a two-wave nationwide survey data. Since the NRSPI is voluntary, we use instrument variables to control for the endogeneity bias. We find that receiving pension benefits from the NRSPI can substantially increase the likelihood of retirement and decrease number of working hours for females even though the pension benefit of the pension program is far below the minimum cost of living. We further decompose the labor supply into agricultural labor supply and non-agricultural labor supply, and find that most of the decrease in labor supply is from agricultural labor supply.

Labor Supply Responses to New Rural Social Pension Insurance in China: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

Labor Supply Responses to New Rural Social Pension Insurance in China: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

Web Based Management Information System Development and Design – By the Old and the New System of Rural Society Endowment Insurance Connection as an Example

This paper introduced the design and implementation of management information system based on WEB. The essay regarded the transformation of the old and the new rural social pension insurance system and the establishment of the new rural social pension insurance system as the main research object, designed and developed the information management through the structural design, technical support, selection of WEB database, WEB application server, programming system options, operation process and so on.

Study on Improving Development Strategies of New Rural Social Pension Insurance System in Heilongjiang Province

Since 2009, the new rural pension insurance in Heilongjiang Province has obtained certain achievements, but the effects are not obvious. Reflection on the development process, we find that there are a lot of problems. Therefore, in order to guarantee the smooth implementation of new rural social pension insurance work in Heilongjiang Province, this paper combined with the reality to provide several suggestions for improving the new rural social pension insurance system in Heilongjiang Province.