The retirement migration puzzle in China

• Verfasst von: Chen, Simiao [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Jin, Zhangfeng [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Prettner, Klaus [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The retirement migration puzzle in China
• Verf.angabe: Simiao Chen, Zhangfeng Jin, Klaus Prettner
• Verlagsort: Essen
• Verlag: Global Labor Organization (GLO)
• Jahr: 2020
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 51 Seiten)
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: GLO discussion paper ; no. 463
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Retirement
• Sach-SW: Migration decision
• Sach-SW: Regression discontinuity design
• Form-SW: Graue Literatur
• K10plus-PPN: 1689285842

Abstract

We examine whether and how retirement affects migration decisions in China. Using a regression discontinuity (RD) design approach combined with a nationally representative sample of 228,855 adults aged between 40 and 75, we find that retirement increases the probability of migration by 12.9 percentage points. Approximately 38% of the total migration effects can be attributed to inter-temporal substitution (delayed migration). Retirement-induced migrants are lower-educated and have restricted access to social security. Household-level migration decisions can reconcile different migration responses across gender. Retirees migrate for risk sharing and family protection mechnisms, reducing market production of their families in the receiving households.