Government Transfers, Work, and Wellbeing: Evidence from the Russian Old-Age Pension

Grogan, Louise; Summerfield, Fraser

doi:10.1007/s00148-018-0726-8

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“…Women are seen to improve their well-being substantially as a result of pensions compared to men. Our findings support the similar results achieved by Grogan and Summerfield (2019) in the Russian context. The gender difference in the impact of OAP is as anticipated as the use and meaning of pensions, as with access to and control over other economic resources, is likely to be gendered (Maitra & Ray 2003;Posel et al 2006).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The results confirm that receiving OAP increases subjective well-being for women and not for men. These results support the findings by Grogan and Summerfield (2019) in the Russian context where OAP was found to increase the wellbeing of women, but not men. The gendered results reflect the societal gender stereotypes where the men derive their worth through their workplace related identity.…”

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Subjective well-being impact of old age pension in South Africa: A difference in difference analysis across the gender divide

Umakrishnan

Mfongeh

2019

South African Journal of Economic and management Sciences

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Background: South Africa provides old age pension (OAP), a non-contributory means-tested income transfer to persons aged 60 and above. More than two-thirds of the elderly population report receiving the OAP. Women have historically had a lower pension eligibility age of 60, while the eligibility of men decreased from 65 to 60 between 2008 and 2010.Aim: This study analyses the impact of the OAP on the subjective well-being of the elderly in South Africa. The study aims at understanding the differential impact on the subjective wellbeing of male and female recipients. Methods:The study adopts the difference in difference (DiD) impact evaluation framework to establish the impact of OAP using a sub-sample of data for elderly persons aged between 55 and 64, collected from the first four waves of the National Income Dynamics study. Linear and non-linear DiD models are estimated as robustness checks given the ordinal nature of the dependent variable. Results:The OAP variable consistently produced positive and significant estimates for the sample as a whole. Further, anticipatory effect of OAP was not found to exist. A gender specific analysis indicates that female recipients have a positive and significant change in well-being as a result of OAP, while male recipients did not. Conclusion:The difference in the well-being impact of OAP between male and female recipients can be attributed to the gender difference in the use and meaning of pensions. Our findings question the uniform criteria introduced for male and female recipients for OAP in South Africa.

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Subjective well-being impact of old age pension in South Africa: A difference in difference analysis across the gender divide

Umakrishnan

Mfongeh

2019

South African Journal of Economic and management Sciences

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“…Provision of better-quality pension schemes was found to improve the life satisfaction of employees both during and prior to retirement in China ( 25 ). Grogan and Summerfield ( 26 ) found that pension benefits reduced the labor supply of retired female pension subscribers and increased their happiness. Enrollment in pension schemes could help older adults reduce their anxiety and loneliness and promote their self-care capability and life satisfaction ( 27 – 29 ).…”

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Do Social Pension Schemes Promote the Mental Health of Rural Middle-Aged and Old Residents? Evidence From China

Pan

Geng

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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As China experiences rapid aging, the mental health of older rural adults has become a major public health concern. Among other social insurance programs, the New Rural Social Pension (NRSP) scheme was established to replace part of the income for old-age rural residents in China. This article employs survey data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2015 and 2018 to investigate the impact of a pension on depression in middle-aged and old residents. Our results show that the pension scheme not only reduces the depressive symptoms of the rural residents but keeps down the prevalence rate of depression. Among the subscribers of the pension scheme, the pensioners benefit more from enrolling in the pension scheme than the contributors in terms of depression alleviation. The impact of pension on depression displays heterogeneity; female residents, residents in central China, and/or those from lower income households are found to be positively affected. It is also confirmed that a pension scheme contributes to easing depression via reduced labor supply, better family support, and more consumption expenditure.JEL Classification: H55, I18, I38.

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“…Consistent and significant positive effects of the OAP on the elderly have been found, although there is still a debate regarding gender differences. Kollamparambil and Etinzock (2019) and Grogan and Summerfield (2019) found positive relationships between SWB and OAPs, although they argued that this only applied to elderly females. Bando, Galiani and Gertler (2017) and Galiani, Gertler and Bando (2016) confirmed that OAPs decreased depression among the elderly, thereby increasing their mental well-being.…”

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The ugly truth about social welfare payments and households’ subjective well-being

Adhikari

Greyling

Rossouw

2022

South African Journal of Economic and management Sciences

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Background: Implicitly, social welfare payments (SWPs) are a transfer from the wealthy (those in high-income quintiles) to the poor (in low-income quintiles) to reduce poverty and create a more equal distribution of income. Previous studies have shown that resources, such as income (including SWPs), are pooled within households creating positive externalities. Studies on the subjective well-being (SWB) effect of SWPs are scarce, and no previous study has investigated whether the expected positive relationship holds across all household income quintiles.Aim: This study determines whether the expected positive relationship between SWB and SWPs holds across all household income quintiles.Setting: The data for this study were obtained from the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), which is representative of the state of affairs in South Africa.Methods: We use a pooled ordered probit and quasi-experimental models to investigate the relationship.Results: Surprisingly, all forms of SWPs are accessed across all household income quintiles, and the trend over time shows an increase. As expected, the relationship between SWP and SWB is positive, except in those households in the highest income quintile receiving an SWP who experience a negative effect on well-being.Conclusions: Our study explains the lack of progress in decreasing inequality and lower levels of SWB. Additionally, our findings are of interest to the ongoing broader debates around the effects of SWPs globally on poverty, inequality and SWB. Many checks and balances should be in place to ensure only the most vulnerable access SWPs.

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Government Transfers, Work, and Wellbeing: Evidence from the Russian Old-Age Pension

Cited by 7 publications

References 60 publications

Subjective well-being impact of old age pension in South Africa: A difference in difference analysis across the gender divide

Subjective well-being impact of old age pension in South Africa: A difference in difference analysis across the gender divide

Do Social Pension Schemes Promote the Mental Health of Rural Middle-Aged and Old Residents? Evidence From China

The ugly truth about social welfare payments and households’ subjective well-being

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