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发布日期：2016-11-11 05:14 来源：北京大学国家发展研究院
时间：2016年11月14日下午13:00-15:00
地点： 万众楼小教室
主持人：刘国恩
主讲人：封进 (复旦大学)
Topic :
The Effect of Retirement on Health: A comparison Study between China and the US
Abstract：
Increasing retirement age has been irresistible both in China and the US as a result of the demographic change. Health effects of retirement sometimes are neglected in the political debate. Retirement can lead to social isolation and a diminished sense of purpose, which may worsen health. On the other hand, retirement may increases leisure, which reduces physical and mental stress, improving health. The US and China are different in retirement policy and many other aspects. A comparison study will add more understandings on the retirement effects on health under different social economic situation. We use Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data for the US study and China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) data for Chinese study. Social security eligible age in both countries provides discontinuity of probability of retirement, which allow us to use Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) for identification. Several indicators of health are employed, including self-reported health, depression and cognition. Our main findings are: (1) Generally speaking, retirement will cause a declining of cognition in the US, while an increasing of cognition in China. (2) In the US, for people with low education (high school and below), retirement will increase their self-reported health significantly, while for people with high education (some college and above), retirement will increase the score of depression and decrease cognition. (3) Nearly 80 percent sample in Chinese study are high school and below. Results for low education people in the US is comparable to results for China, which implies that retirement improves health of low-educated people. (4) Results from the US have some implications on Chines policy, i.e. with more high-educated people in labor market, changing retirement policy to postpone retirement age is a health-improving policy.
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封进，复旦大学 教授，博士生导师，公共经济系系主任。复旦大学就业与社会保障中心副主任、复旦大学发展研究院研究员。曾作为访问研究员工作于密歇根大学，阿姆斯特丹大学和丁伯跟经济研究所、法国就业研究中心、法国人文社会科学之家、芬兰中央银行、巴黎一大。主要研究领域为养老保险、医疗保险、劳动力流动、健康经济学等。论文发表于《中国社会科学》、《经济研究》、《世界经济》、《经济学季刊》 “Journal of Comparative Economics’, “Feminist Economics” 等国内外期刊。入选“教育部跨世纪人才支持计划”，主持和在研“国家自然科学基金”项目4项。获得“第六届高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖 (教育部)”、“上海市哲学社会科学优秀成果一等奖”、“上海市邓小平理论研究和宣传优秀成果二等奖”，“上海市决策咨询奖”等奖项。
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发布日期：2016-11-11 05:14 来源：北京大学国家发展研究院
时间：2016年11月14日下午13:00-15:00
地点： 万众楼小教室
主持人：刘国恩
主讲人：封进 (复旦大学)
Topic :
The Effect of Retirement on Health: A comparison Study between China and the US
Abstract：
Increasing retirement age has been irresistible both in China and the US as a result of the demographic change. Health effects of retirement sometimes are neglected in the political debate. Retirement can lead to social isolation and a diminished sense of purpose, which may worsen health. On the other hand, retirement may increases leisure, which reduces physical and mental stress, improving health. The US and China are different in retirement policy and many other aspects. A comparison study will add more understandings on the retirement effects on health under different social economic situation. We use Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data for the US study and China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) data for Chinese study. Social security eligible age in both countries provides discontinuity of probability of retirement, which allow us to use Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) for identification. Several indicators of health are employed, including self-reported health, depression and cognition. Our main findings are: (1) Generally speaking, retirement will cause a declining of cognition in the US, while an increasing of cognition in China. (2) In the US, for people with low education (high school and below), retirement will increase their self-reported health significantly, while for people with high education (some college and above), retirement will increase the score of depression and decrease cognition. (3) Nearly 80 percent sample in Chinese study are high school and below. Results for low education people in the US is comparable to results for China, which implies that retirement improves health of low-educated people. (4) Results from the US have some implications on Chines policy, i.e. with more high-educated people in labor market, changing retirement policy to postpone retirement age is a health-improving policy.
Speaker:
封进，复旦大学 教授，博士生导师，公共经济系系主任。复旦大学就业与社会保障中心副主任、复旦大学发展研究院研究员。曾作为访问研究员工作于密歇根大学，阿姆斯特丹大学和丁伯跟经济研究所、法国就业研究中心、法国人文社会科学之家、芬兰中央银行、巴黎一大。主要研究领域为养老保险、医疗保险、劳动力流动、健康经济学等。论文发表于《中国社会科学》、《经济研究》、《世界经济》、《经济学季刊》 “Journal of Comparative Economics’, “Feminist Economics” 等国内外期刊。入选“教育部跨世纪人才支持计划”，主持和在研“国家自然科学基金”项目4项。获得“第六届高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖 (教育部)”、“上海市哲学社会科学优秀成果一等奖”、“上海市邓小平理论研究和宣传优秀成果二等奖”，“上海市决策咨询奖”等奖项。
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