Why is inequality higher among the old? Evidence from China
讲座名称：
Why is inequality higher among the old? Evidence from China
讲座时间：
2019-11-22
讲座人：
刘子宁
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讲座内容：
报告题目：Why is inequality higher among the old? Evidence from China
报告时间：2019年11月22日上午10点
报告地点：西安交大财经校区教学楼8楼国际交流厅
报告人：刘子宁
报告摘要：
This paper studies income inequality in old age and compares the income inequality over the life cycle. We develop a theoretical framework and a new empirical method to show that income is more unequally distributed in old age than in working age. We combine the regression-based inequality decomposition method and the three-step mediating effect test to analyze the transmission of income inequality from initial socioeconomic differences to income inequality in old age. Our study is based on a panel of over 4,000 old households from the China Health and Nutrition Survey during 1991-2015. We find that the urban-rural gap and educational inequality are the primary causes of old-age income inequality. The effect of the urban-rural gap is partially mediated by educational inequality. Inequality accumulates with age and is reinforced in old age by the Chinese public pension system, which is fragmented by occupational sector.
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