Living arrangements of the elderly: A new perspective from choice constraints in China
Living arrangements of the elderly: A new perspective from choice constraints in China
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老年人的居住安排：中国选择约束的新视角
DOI：
10.1016/j.chieco.2018.04.001
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发表时间：
2018-08-01
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
Yang, Zan
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作者：
Fan, Ying;Fang, Shuai;Yang, Zan
居住安排作为养老的基础，与老年人的身心健康和社会资源配置密切相关。本研究的目的是了解中国老年人居住安排的偏好与实际选择之间的制约因素。我们首先建立标准化的理论模型，并得出关于选择约束的两个假设。基于CHARLS数据库，我们通过多步实证检验对理论假设进行实证检验。我们的研究结果如下。 1）老年人收入与与子女同住的可能性之间的相关性是非线性的：当老年人更愿意分居时，其较高的绝对收入提供了更大的可能性，而当他们更愿意与子女同住时，老年人与子女的相对收入对同住的可能性很重要。 2）老年人的健康状况越差，他们与子女住在一起的可能性就越大，特别是如果他们有女儿的话。在控制了潜在的内生性问题、被动选择情况和偏好波动性后，结果是稳健的。
As the foundation of elderly care, living arrangements are closely connected with the physical and psychological well-being of the elderly and the social resources allocation. The objective of this study is to understand the constraints between the preferred and actual choices of elderly living arrangements in China. We first establish a standardized theoretical model and derive two hypotheses on choice constraints. Based on the CHARLS database, we empirically test the theoretical hypotheses based on multiple-step empirical tests. Our findings are as follows. 1) The correlation between elderly income and the likelihood of living with their children is nonlinear: when the elderly prefers to live apart, their higher absolute income provides a greater likelihood that they can do so, and when they prefer to live with their children, the relative income of the elderly and their children are important in the likelihood of living together. 2) The poorer the health status of the elderly, the greater likelihood that they live with their children, particularly if they have daughters. The results are robust after controlling for the potential endogeneity issue, the passive choice situation, and volatility in preference.