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

Giles, John; Wang, Dewen; Zhao, Changbao

dc.creator	Giles, John
dc.creator	Wang, Dewen
dc.creator	Zhao, Changbao
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:43:31Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T18:43:31Z
dc.date	2010-12-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T21:07:16Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T21:07:16Z
dc.identifier	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
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3994
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244964
dc.description	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.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5510
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ABSENCE OF TRANSFERS
dc.subject	ABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subject	ATTRITION
dc.subject	CHRONIC ILLNESS
dc.subject	CROWDING OUT
dc.subject	CULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject	DECLINES IN FERTILITY
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
dc.subject	DEPENDENCY RATIO
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	ECONOMICS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subject	ELDERLY
dc.subject	ELDERLY HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	ELDERLY POPULATION
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EXTENDED FAMILY
dc.subject	FAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subject	FAMILY SIZE
dc.subject	FAMILY SUPPORT
dc.subject	FERTILITY
dc.subject	FERTILITY DECLINE
dc.subject	FERTILITY RATES
dc.subject	FOOD REQUIREMENTS
dc.subject	FUTURE POPULATION
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	IMPACT OF MIGRATION
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INCOME SUPPORT
dc.subject	INCOME TRANSFERS
dc.subject	INSURANCE
dc.subject	INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT
dc.subject	INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFERS
dc.subject	LABOR ALLOCATION
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	LABOR MIGRATION
dc.subject	LABOR MOBILITY
dc.subject	LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject	LAND TENURE
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	LONG-TERM CARE
dc.subject	MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS
dc.subject	MIGRANT
dc.subject	MIGRANT FAMILY
dc.subject	MIGRANT LABOR
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	OLD AGE
dc.subject	OLD-AGE
dc.subject	OLDER ADULTS
dc.subject	OLDER PEOPLE
dc.subject	OWNERSHIP OF LAND
dc.subject	PENSION INCOME
dc.subject	PENSIONS
dc.subject	POLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subject	POLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POLICY RESPONSE
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POOR
dc.subject	POOR AREAS
dc.subject	POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject	POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	POPULATION CENSUS
dc.subject	POPULATION COUNCIL
dc.subject	POPULATION POLICIES
dc.subject	POPULATION PROJECTIONS
dc.subject	POPULATION RESEARCH
dc.subject	POPULATION STRUCTURE
dc.subject	POVERTY ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	POVERTY LINES
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	POVERTY THRESHOLD
dc.subject	PRIVATE TRANSFERS
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PROVISION OF CARE
dc.subject	PROVISION OF SERVICES
dc.subject	PUBLIC POLICY
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	QUALITY OF CARE
dc.subject	REDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subject	REGIONAL INEQUALITY
dc.subject	REMITTANCES
dc.subject	REMOTE REGIONS
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RETIREMENT
dc.subject	RETURN MIGRATION
dc.subject	RURAL
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL COUNTIES
dc.subject	RURAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	RURAL HOUSEHOLD
dc.subject	RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	RURAL LIFE
dc.subject	RURAL MIGRANTS
dc.subject	RURAL POPULATION
dc.subject	RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject	RURAL RESIDENTS
dc.subject	SAFETY
dc.subject	SAFETY NET
dc.subject	SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
dc.subject	SAFETY NETS
dc.subject	SAVINGS
dc.subject	SCHOOLING
dc.subject	SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	SPOUSE
dc.subject	SPOUSES
dc.subject	STATE UNIVERSITY
dc.subject	TARGETING
dc.subject	TRADITIONAL FAMILY
dc.subject	TRADITIONAL VALUES
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN MIGRATION
dc.subject	URBAN POPULATION
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY
dc.title	Can China's Rural Elderly Count on Support from Adult Children? Implications of Rural-to-Urban Migration
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	East Asia and Pacific
dc.coverage	East Asia and Pacific
dc.coverage	East Asia
dc.coverage	Asia
dc.coverage	China