Rural migrants' participation in old-age insurance: a case study of the inter-provincial migrant workers from Sichuan, China. Issue 2 (3rd April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Yong; Tan, Yan; Zhang, Qin
• Is Part Of: Chinese journal of population resources and environment. Volume 15:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 120
• Page End: 131
• Publication Date: 2017-04-03
• Subjects: Inter-provincial rural migrant -- old-age pension -- participation in old-age pension -- factors; Population -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Natural resources -- China -- Periodicals; Environmental protection -- China -- Periodicals; Environmental protection; Natural resources; Population -- Environmental aspects; China; Periodicals; 333.705
• DOI: 10.1080/10042857.2017.1322407
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1004-2857

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Old-age pension, a fundamental part of the Chinese social security system, is perceived by the Chinese government as the last support for rural-to-urban migrant workers upon retreating from the labor market. Using survey data collected by the authors, this paper examines a host of factors which influence migrant workers' participation in the old-age scheme. The result shows that individual characteristics, employment status, attitudes toward old-age support and perception of the old-age pension system significantly differentiate two groups of migrant workers between those that have participated in and their counterparts who have not participated in the old-age pension schemes. Among a number of factors, age, educational attainment, holding labor contract, etc. are found to be significant factors influencing migrants' behavior participating (or not participating) the available age-pension schemes. Policy implications for how to improve the rate of participation in existing old-age pension schemes among migrant workers are drawn from the findings.