Arbeitspapier
The Retirement Migration Puzzle in China
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.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 463
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
Retirement; Retirement Policies
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- Subject
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Retirement
Migration decision
Regression discontinuity design
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Chen, Simiao
Jin, Zhangfeng
Prettner, Klaus
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Veröffentlichung
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Global Labor Organization (GLO)
- (where)
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Essen
- (when)
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2020
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Chen, Simiao
- Jin, Zhangfeng
- Prettner, Klaus
- Global Labor Organization (GLO)
Time of origin
- 2020
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