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Zhang,H. (2025). The Impact of High-Level Pension Insurance on Physical and Mental Health Among the Elderly: An Empirical Analysis Based on CHARLS 2018 Data. Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences,189,66-74.
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[1]. Chen, Q., Zhang, X., & Hao, Y. (2024). The impact of basic pension insurance for urban and rural residents on the health and inequality of the elderly population. Population Journal, 46(6), 77–94.
[2]. Cai, W., Li, B., & Fei, Y. (2024). The impact of pension insurance system convergence on workers' participation behavior. Economic Perspectives, 2024(2), 88–106.
[3]. Yang, J., Deng, D., & Wu, H. (2018). The family income effect of China's urban and rural residents' pension insurance system—A counterfactual estimation based on propensity score matching (PSM). Journal of Agrotechnical Economics, 2018(10), 84–95.
[4]. Dushi, I., Iams, H. M., & Trenkamp, B. (2017). The importance of social security benefits to the income of the aged population. Social Security Bulletin, 77(2), 1 - 12.
[5]. Song, J., & Gao, C. (2023). Basic pension insurance system and income inequality among residents: Impact and mechanism analysis—From the perspective of individual relative deprivation. Journal of Southwest Minzu University (Humanities and Social Science Edition), 2023(2), 153–164.
[6]. Etgeton, S. (2018). The effect of pension reforms on old - age income inequality. Labour Economics, 53, 146 - 161.
[7]. Xu, Q., Zhang, K., & Zhou, Y. (2023). Traditional security, pension insurance, and rural residents' concerns about old-age support. Zhejiang Social Sciences, 2023(8), 80–89.
[8]. Chen, T., Wang, K., Lan, B., Mo, L., Peng, W., & Song, L. (2021). Analysis of urban-rural heterogeneity in the health status of the elderly—Based on 2015 CHARLS tracking survey data. Rural Economy and Science-Technology, 32(21), 265–270.
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[12]. Pak, T. Y. (2021). What are the effects of expanding social pension on health? Evidence from the Basic Pension in South Korea. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 18, 100287.
[13]. Lei, X., Bai, C., Hong, J., & Liu, H. (2022). Long-term care insurance and the well-being of older adults and their families: Evidence from China. Social Science & Medicine, 296, 114745.
[14]. Zhang, L., Wei, Q., Liu, H., Ma, Y., Zhao, B., Li, S., & Chen, S. (2024). The impact of long-term care insurance on the physical and mental health of the elderly in China. Medicine and Society, 37(8), 72–77.
[15]. Pu, X., Wang, Y., & Zhao, H. (2022). Basic pension insurance, interpersonal consumption, and rural residents' risk perception—A comparative analysis from the perspective of formal and informal institutions. Comparative Economic & Social Systems, 2022(1), 105–117.
[16]. Liu, Q., & Liu, S. (2019). The poverty reduction effect of rural basic pension insurance—An empirical analysis based on PSM-DID. Population and Development, 25(3), 38–46.
[17]. Qin, C., & Guo, J. (2021). Analysis of China’s New Rural Society Pension System. Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics, 38(5), 52 - 71.
[18]. Lu, M., & Feng, M. (2008). Reforming the Welfare System in the People’s Republic of China. Asian Development Review, 25(1&2), 58 - 80.
[19]. Wei, S., Xiang, J., & Ma, G. (2018). The Estimation and Potential Impact of the Central Adjustment Fund for Basic Endowment Insurance. Tax and Economic Research, 23(6), 1 - 5.
[20]. Zhang, X., & Fang, Q. (2017). Research on the appropriate contribution base of pension insurance for China's urban low-income groups. The Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics, 34(9), 122–139.
[21]. Chetty, R., & Hendren, N. (2018). The impacts of neighborhoods on intergenerational mobility II: County-level estimates. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(3), 1163-1228.
[22]. Shang, X., & Lei, H. (2024). The subjective social stratification effect of the basic pension security system—An analysis based on CLDS2018 data. Sociological Review of China, 2024(5), 234–256.
[23]. Chen, Y., Zhao, L., Fan, Y., & Xie, B. (2021). Does the New Rural Pension Scheme improve residents’ livelihoods? Empirical evidence from Northwestern China. PLoS ONE, 16(4), e0250130. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250130.
[24]. She, X., & Wu, J. (2014). Comparison of mental health status between urban and rural elderly. China Journal of Health Psychology, 22(2), 237–239.
[25]. Shang, X., & Lei, H. (2024). The subjective social stratification effect of the basic pension security system—An analysis based on CLDS2018 data. Sociological Review of China, 2024(5), 234–256.