華師經(jīng)管學術(shù)講座第489期（經(jīng)濟）
【題目】The Role of Social Security Protection in Charitable Giving: Evidence from China
【時間】11月15日（周五）上午10:00
【地點】文二棟經(jīng)濟與管理學院536會議室
【主講人】孫文凱 教授
【主持人】張?zhí)烊A 研究員
【摘要】This paper explores the impact of social security protection on charitable giving among older adults in China. Using China’s public LTCI (long-term care insurance) pilot program targeting elderly aged 60 and above as a quasi-experiment with representative individual-level survey data from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, our triple differences estimates show that LTCI coverage significantly promotes charitable giving among elderly households, leading to a 7.8 percentage points increase in the probability of donations (78 percent) and a corresponding 47 percent rise in the donation amount (174 yuan). The LTCI reform reduces the gap in individual giving between China and the U.S. by 14 percent. The charity effects of LTCI coverage are driven by reduced precautionary saving motives and improved subjective well-being among senior beneficiaries. In particular, the effects are more pronounced on elderly beneficiaries with higher LTC risks prior to the LTCI reform such as elderly with worse health, poorer family or social support, and less wealth, as well as on elderly beneficiaries with greater improvement in subjective welling. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the LTCI induces more charitable donations from covered elderly with religious beliefs. Our study helps to understand the underlying causes of low-level charity in less developed economies and joins the policy debate on the pros and cons of long-term care insurance reforms.
【主講人簡介】孫文凱，中國人民大學經(jīng)濟學院教授，主要研究勞動經(jīng)濟學和中小微企業(yè)發(fā)展問題。已經(jīng)在國內(nèi)外重要學術(shù)刊物如《經(jīng)濟研究》、Journal of Population Economics、Journal of Comparative Economics等發(fā)表學術(shù)論文90余篇，主編著作7部，教材3部，主持各類課題數(shù)十項。