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Old-Age Pensions in a Lower Middle-Income Country: Economic or Psychological Effects?

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This study investigates the effect of social pensions on the elderly in Vietnam toward a wide range of outcomes. The social pension level is relatively small, yet it has a sizeable and significant effect on older people. There is a significant effect of social pensions on income levels, enabling pensioners to feel they have better finances than previously. Although social pensions do not improve utilization of health care, they do help older people to reduce the number of self-reported health problems and, more importantly, to feel more satisfied with their life and other people.

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  • Cuong Viet Nguyen, 2021. "Old-Age Pensions in a Lower Middle-Income Country: Economic or Psychological Effects?," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 69(3), pages 1165-1202.
    • Handle: RePEc:ucp:ecdecc:doi:10.1086/704250
    DOI: 10.1086/704250
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    1. Anqi Zhang & Katsushi S. Imai, 2022. "Does a Universal Pension Reduce Elderly Poverty in China?," Discussion Paper Series DP2022-30, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University.
    2. Nguyen, Cuong Viet & Tarp, Finn, 2023. "Cash Transfers and Labor Supply: New Evidence on Impacts and Mechanisms," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1243, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
    3. Zhan, Peng & Zhang, Anqi & Ma, Xinxin, 2023. "Public pension policy, substitution income, and poverty reduction: Evidence from China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 1138-1154.
    4. Nguyen, Cuong Viet & Nguyen, Minh Khanh Hoang & Phung, Tung Duc & Tran, Oanh Ngoc, 2023. "The effect of income shocks on health behaviors: Evidence from a low-income country," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 257-276.
    5. Nguyen, Cuong Viet, 2021. "Can money buy friends? Evidence from a natural experiment," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).

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