主题:Retirement Spillover Effects on Spousal Health in Urban China
主讲人:刘生龙(清华大学公共管理学院副教授)
时间:2021年11月10日11:00-12:30
地点:Zoom线上
工作语言:中文
主办单位:北京大学社会研究中心 北京大学社会科学学部
刘生龙,清华大学公共管理学院副教授,清华大学国情研究院副研究员,多伦多大学访问学者,曾经是中国社会科学院数量经济与技术经济研究所副研究员,经济系统分析室副主任。从事发展经济学、教育与人力资本等方面学术研究。主持国家自然科学基金、教育部人文社科基金、国家高端智库课题项目、中国博士后基金和国家部委有关人口老龄化、基础设施与经济发展等方面的课题项目30余项。在Econometrics Journal、Energy Economics、《经济研究》、《世界经济》、《中国工业经济》等国内外学术期刊发表论文60余篇。
This paper empirically studies the causal effect of retirement on spouses’ subjective health for elderly in urban China. We find that women’s retirement positively affects their husbands, while husbands’ retirement tends to affect wives negatively. The difference in post-retirement healthy (and unhealthy) behaviours and emotions between men and women can explain the gender asymmetry of the spillover effect. We also estimate the marginal threshold treatment effect (MTTE), showing that a small delay of statutory retirement age is beneficial for improving overall subjective health, yet the conclusion would actually be the opposite if the spillover effect were to be ignored. These results provide useful references for the current discussion on retirement policy reform in China.