Rearranging the family? Income support and elderly living arrangements in a low-income country
Rearranging the family? Income support and elderly living arrangements in a low-income country
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DOI：
10.3368/jhr.xl.1.186
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发表时间：
2005-12-01
影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Miller, DL
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作者：
Edmonds, EV;Mammen, K;Miller, DL
这项研究调查了收入和生活安排之间的联系。我们的鉴定来自于利用南非社会养老金福利公式中年龄的不连续性。与以往文献相比，我们发现养老金收入与老年人独立性之间没有关联。我们确实发现，当潜在的受益人有资格领取养老金时，他们的家庭结构会发生改变。主要工作年龄妇女离开，五岁以下儿童和育龄年轻妇女增加。同居模式的这些转变与这样一个背景是一致的，即相对于年轻女性，壮年女性在远离大家庭的工作中具有相对优势。赡养老人带来的额外收入可能促使人们改变生活安排，以利用这一优势。
This study examines the link between income and living arrangements. Our identification comes from exploiting a discontinuity in age in the benefit formula for the social pension in South Africa. In contrast to previous literature, we find no association between pension income and elderly independence. We do find that potential beneficiaries alter their household structure when they become pension-eligible. Prime working-age women depart, and the presence of children Younger than five and young women of childbearing age increase. These shifts in coresidence patterns are consistent with a setting where prime-age women have comparative advantage in work away from extended family relative to younger women. The additional income from old-age support may induce a change in living arrangements to exploit this advantage.