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The Impact of Health on Work in China: A Study Using Pilot Survey Data

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  • Yue-Hua Zhang

    (School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.)

  • Chu-Shiu Li

    (Department of International Business, Asia University, 500, Lioufeng Rd, Wufeng Taichung 41354, Taiwan.)

  • Chwen-Chi Liu

    (Department of Risk Management and Insurance, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan. E-mails: liuc@fcu.edu.tw; scpeng@fcu.edu.tw)

  • Sheng-Chang Peng

    (Department of Risk Management and Insurance, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan. E-mails: liuc@fcu.edu.tw; scpeng@fcu.edu.tw)

Abstract

Using the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study pilot survey, this paper analyses the relationship between work and health in middle-aged and elderly people in China. Using an instrumental variable estimation and simultaneous equation model, this study confirms that health and pension system do matter to employment.

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  • Yue-Hua Zhang & Chu-Shiu Li & Chwen-Chi Liu & Sheng-Chang Peng, 2013. "The Impact of Health on Work in China: A Study Using Pilot Survey Data," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 38(4), pages 857-870, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:gpprii:v:38:y:2013:i:4:p:857-870
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    1. Wei Zheng & Zining Liu & Ruo Jia, 2019. "How private sector participation improves retirement preparation: A case from China," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 44(1), pages 123-147, January.
    2. Mitra, Sophie & Gao, Qin & Chen, Wei & Zhang, Yalu, 2020. "Health, work, and income among middle-aged and older adults: A panel analysis for China," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 17(C).
    3. Chu-Shiu Li & Gene C. Lai & Saruultuya Tsendsuren & Richard J. Butler & Chwen-Chi Liu, 2023. "Cognitive abilities and life insurance holdings: evidence from 16 European countries," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), vol. 48(1), pages 110-166, March.
    4. Saruultuya Tsendsuren & Chu-Shiu Li & Sheng-Chang Peng & Wing-Keung Wong, 2018. "The Effects of Health Status on Life Insurance Holdings in 16 European Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-30, September.

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