Does money relieve depression? Evidence from social pension expansions in China

We estimate the impact of pension enrollment on mental well-being using China's New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS), the largest existing pension program in the world. Since its launch in 2009, more than 400 million Chinese have enrolled in the NRPS. We first describe plausible pathways through whi...

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Published in:	Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 220; pp. 411 - 420
Main Authors:	Chen, Xi, Wang, Tianyu, Busch, Susan H.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2019 Pergamon Press Inc
Subjects:	China Chinese languages Depression Depression - psychology Enrollments Falsification Female Humans Income Longitudinal Studies Male Mental depression Mental health Middle Aged Money Older populations Pension enrollment Pension income Pensions - statistics & numerical data Program implementation Robustness Rural areas Rural communities Rural Population Self Report Symptoms Well being China Pension enrollment I18 Pension income Mental health Depression H55 J14 Older populations I38
ISSN:	0277-9536, 1873-5347, 1873-5347
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