UID:
kobvindex_DGP1641975954
ISSN:
0156-7365
Content:
The overall goal of our paper is to understand what drives the rural elderly's decisions to work, since in the absence of formal pension plans, work is an important part of their strategy. We examine both formal employment-work on the land, off the land for a wage, and earnings from the household's family-run business-and informal work done in the home, taking care of household chores or tending grandchildren. We discovered that almost all people between 50 and 60, and over two-thirds of those between 60 and 70 - or virtually everyone who is in good health - are still engaged in formal labor, mostly in farming, but more than 20 per cent also work off the land. While the care of the elderly by their children remains important and affects the labor supply decisions of the elderly, we find evidence that society's traditional family-based social security system is changing, making the income earned by the elderly increasingly necessary. (China J/DÜI)
In:
The China journal, Chicago, Ill : University of Chicago Press, 1995, (2004), 52, Seite 73-96, 0156-7365
Language:
English
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