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The impact of expected pensions on consumption: evidence from China

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  • Zheng, Wei
  • Lyu, Youji
  • Jia, Ruo
  • Hanewald, Katja

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We study how pension participation and expected pension benefits affect working-age adults’ consumption based on a nationally representative dataset from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) during the period 2011–2018. We find that the consumption of working-age adults who participate in China's Residents' Basic Pension is 15.4% higher than that of non-participants. Furthermore, we find that if working-age adults' expected pension benefits increase by RMB 1, their consumption will increase by RMB 0.34. Overall, our findings suggest that pension expectations are critical to the consumption decisions of working-age adults and can, therefore, positively affect total domestic consumption.

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  • Zheng, Wei & Lyu, Youji & Jia, Ruo & Hanewald, Katja, 2023. "The impact of expected pensions on consumption: evidence from China," Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Cambridge University Press, vol. 22(1), pages 69-87, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jpenef:v:22:y:2023:i:1:p:69-87_4
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