measures of physical health, cognitive function, and psychological well-being of the rural elderly, and also reduced mortality …This paper estimates the causal effect of income on health outcomes of the elderly and investigates underlying … pension income in multiple ways: improved nutrition intake, better accessibility to health care, increased informal care …

leads to higher household income (18 percent) and food expenditure (10 percent), lower labor supply (6 percent), and better …-farming work, lowers insurance participation rate, but does not change income, expenditure or health significantly. Finally, among … health (11-14 percent). In addition, among the age-ineligible adults, the pension scheme shifts them from farming to non …

introduction of pension benefits on the health status, health behaviors, and healthcare utilization of rural Chinese adults age 60 … and above. The results point to three main conclusions. First, in addition to improvements in self-reported health, older … adults with access to the pension program experienced significant improvements in several important measures of health …

.8 percentage points. Such impact is especially strong among the more vulnerable elder parents with worse health and little pension … sizes and compelling old parents in bad health to continue working. …

-report better quality of life and a more stable mental health. We also provide evidence of spillover effects on the labor outcomes … of other household members and of household savings patterns as well as support for interventions aimed at improving the … welfare of elderly poor citizens and other household members. …