Description: Can China's Rural Elderly Count on Support from Adult Children? Implications of Rural-to-Urban Migration

Can China's Rural Elderly Count on Support from Adult Children? Implications of Rural-to-Urban Migration

This paper shows that support from the family continues to be an important source of support for the rural elderly, particularly the rural elderly over 70 years of age. Decline in likelihood of co-residence with, or in close proximity to, adult chi...

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Main Authors:	Giles, John, Wang, Dewen, Zhao, Changbao
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABSENCE OF TRANSFERS ABSOLUTE POVERTY ATTRITION CHRONIC ILLNESS CROWDING OUT CULTURAL CHANGE DECLINES IN FERTILITY DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY ELDERLY HOUSEHOLDS ELDERLY POPULATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FAMILY SUPPORT FERTILITY FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY RATES FOOD REQUIREMENTS FUTURE POPULATION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF MIGRATION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SUPPORT INCOME TRANSFERS INSURANCE INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS LABOR ALLOCATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR MOBILITY LABOR SUPPLY LAND TENURE LIVING STANDARDS LONG-TERM CARE MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MIGRANT MIGRANT FAMILY MIGRANT LABOR NUTRITION OLD AGE OLD-AGE OLDER ADULTS OLDER PEOPLE OWNERSHIP OF LAND PENSION INCOME PENSIONS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR AREAS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION COUNCIL POPULATION POLICIES POPULATION PROJECTIONS POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION STRUCTURE POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY THRESHOLD PRIVATE TRANSFERS PROGRESS PROVISION OF CARE PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF CARE REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL INEQUALITY REMITTANCES REMOTE REGIONS RESPECT RETIREMENT RETURN MIGRATION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COUNTIES RURAL ECONOMY RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LIFE RURAL MIGRANTS RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL RESIDENTS SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SCHOOLING SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSE SPOUSES STATE UNIVERSITY TARGETING TRADITIONAL FAMILY TRADITIONAL VALUES URBAN AREAS URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POPULATION VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101221171745 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3994

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Summary:	This paper shows that support from the family continues to be an important source of support for the rural elderly, particularly the rural elderly over 70 years of age. Decline in likelihood of co-residence with, or in close proximity to, adult children raises the possibility that China's rural elderly will receive less support in the forms of both income and in-kind instrumental care. Although descriptive evidence on net financial transfers suggests that the elderly with migrant children will receive similar levels of financial transfers as those without migrant children, the predicted variance associated with these transfers implies a higher risk that elderly with migrant children may fall into poverty. Reducing the risk of low incomes among the elderly is one important motive for new rural pension initiatives supported by China's government, which are scheduled to be expanded to cover all rural counties by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan in 2016.

Can China's Rural Elderly Count on Support from Adult Children? Implications of Rural-to-Urban Migration

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