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Does Social Insurance Block the Inter-Generational Transmission of Poverty? Evidence from the 2018 China Family Panel Survey

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  • Xianhua Dai

    (School of Public Administration, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
    Center for Labor and Social Security Research, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China)

  • Nian Gu

    (School of Public Administration, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China)

Abstract

In this research, we explored whether participation in pension insurance and medical insurance for children and fathers blocks the inter-generational transmission of poverty. Using data from the China Family Panel Survey of 2018, this paper took the average level of insurance participation of a sample group as an instrumental variable, applied the IV-probit model, and found that the participation of children in pension insurance and the participation of fathers in medical insurance significantly reduce the probability of the inter-generational transmission of poverty, but that the participation of children in medical insurance and the participation of fathers in pension insurance increase it. These results were robust. Furthermore, there was heterogeneity in household registration, geographical location, and marriage with regard to the impact of social insurance participation on the inter-generational transmission of poverty. These results could help the formulation of anti-poverty policies to address the inter-generational transmission of poverty.

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  • Xianhua Dai & Nian Gu, 2022. "Does Social Insurance Block the Inter-Generational Transmission of Poverty? Evidence from the 2018 China Family Panel Survey," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-20, January.
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