Has new rural pension system reduced the intake of junk food among rural older adults? Evidence from China
At present, China has become one of the fastest growing countries in terms of junk food consumption. However, there has been less previous evidence for the effect of endowment insurance on dietary health. Using the data China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2014, this paper exploits a policy, the N...
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| description | At present, China has become one of the fastest growing countries in terms of junk food consumption. However, there has been less previous evidence for the effect of endowment insurance on dietary health. Using the data China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2014, this paper exploits a policy, the New Rural Pension System (NRPS), that only the older adults who have reached 60 years old can receive pensions and conduct a fuzzy regression discontinuity (FRD) to address endogeneity and examine the causal effect of the NRPS on the intake of junk food among rural older adults in China. We find that the NRPS can significantly reduce junk food intake among them, which remains robust after a series of robustness tests. In addition, heterogeneity analysis shows that the female, low-educated, unemployed, and low-income groups are more sensitive to the pension shock from the NRPS. The result of our study provides insights to effectively improve people's dietary quality and related policy formulation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d61793ae5b3480fbad3e599ac6f1f242023-03-13T05:27:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-03-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.11313371131337Has new rural pension system reduced the intake of junk food among rural older adults? Evidence from ChinaShi Purun0Zhengxiu Sun1Jiaying Cao2Zhile Li3School of Business, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Southeast University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Business, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Government, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaAt present, China has become one of the fastest growing countries in terms of junk food consumption. However, there has been less previous evidence for the effect of endowment insurance on dietary health. Using the data China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2014, this paper exploits a policy, the New Rural Pension System (NRPS), that only the older adults who have reached 60 years old can receive pensions and conduct a fuzzy regression discontinuity (FRD) to address endogeneity and examine the causal effect of the NRPS on the intake of junk food among rural older adults in China. We find that the NRPS can significantly reduce junk food intake among them, which remains robust after a series of robustness tests. In addition, heterogeneity analysis shows that the female, low-educated, unemployed, and low-income groups are more sensitive to the pension shock from the NRPS. The result of our study provides insights to effectively improve people's dietary quality and related policy formulation.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1131337/fullnew rural pension systemdietary healthjunk foodincome shockfuzzy regression discontinuity |
| spellingShingle | Shi Purun Zhengxiu Sun Jiaying Cao Zhile Li Has new rural pension system reduced the intake of junk food among rural older adults? Evidence from China Frontiers in Public Health new rural pension system dietary health junk food income shock fuzzy regression discontinuity |
| title | Has new rural pension system reduced the intake of junk food among rural older adults? Evidence from China |
| title_full | Has new rural pension system reduced the intake of junk food among rural older adults? Evidence from China |
| title_fullStr | Has new rural pension system reduced the intake of junk food among rural older adults? Evidence from China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Has new rural pension system reduced the intake of junk food among rural older adults? Evidence from China |
| title_short | Has new rural pension system reduced the intake of junk food among rural older adults? Evidence from China |
| title_sort | has new rural pension system reduced the intake of junk food among rural older adults evidence from china |
| topic | new rural pension system dietary health junk food income shock fuzzy regression discontinuity |
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