The Role and Impact of the Social Support System on the Well-being of the Elderly in China

社会支持系统对中国老年人幸福感的作用和影响。本研究将探讨中国老年人正式和非正式支持系统的最新变化如何影响他们的幸福感。该项目将分析两套独特的数据，这两套数据提供了关于1992年和2000年中国老年人经济和社会状况的丰富资料。与中国老龄问题研究人员的拟议合作将产生新的见解，了解老年人的情况如何在经济转型和社会变革的背景下发生变化。研究结果将对中国的社会政策发展产生影响，并为关于儒家思想在中国版“福利东方主义”中的作用的理论争论提供启示。

The Role and Impact of the Social Support System on the Well-being of the Elderly in China. This research will examine how recent changes to the system of formal and informal support for the elderly in China has affected their well-being. The project will analyse two unique data sets that provide a wealth of information on the economic and social circumstances on the elderly in China in 1992 and 2000. The proposed collaboration with Chinese researchers on aging will generate new insights into how the circumstances of the elderly are changing in a context of economic transformation and social change. The results will have implications for social policy development in China and shed light on theoretical debate over the role of confucianism in China's version of 'welfare orientalism'.