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ArticleFrontiers in public health2023

Long-term care insurance and multidimensional poverty of middle-aged and elderly: Evidence from China.

Wenxiu Li, Jin Ke, Fei Sun

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wenxiu LiSchool of Economics and Trade, Guangdong University of Finance, Guangzhou, China.
Jin KeSchool of Economics and Management, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Fei SunSchool of Social Work, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
Guangdong University of Finance · CNMichigan State University · USSouth China Normal University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: This paper examined the impact of public long-term care insurance (LTCI) pilots in China on the multidimensional poverty status of middle-aged and older adults. Methods: Using panel data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey, we utilized LTCI pilots conducted in different cities from 2012 to 2018 and assessed the impact of LTCI using a difference-in-differences strategy. Results: We found that the implementation of LTCI reduces the multidimensional poverty of middle-aged and older adults and their likelihood of future multidimensional poverty. LTCI coverage was also associated with a reduction in the likelihood that middle-aged and older adults in need of care fall into income poverty, living consumption poverty, health poverty, and social participation poverty. Discussion: From a policy perspective, the findings of this paper suggest that the establishment of an LTCI system can improve the poverty of middle-aged and older adults in several ways, which has important implications for the development of LTCI systems in China and other developing countries.

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IncomeInsurance, Long-Term CareAgedChinaHumansLongitudinal StudiesMiddle AgedPovertyChinadifference-in-differences modellong-term care insurancemiddle-aged and elderlymultidimensional poverty

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PMID36844824
PMCPMC9950558
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