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Health Outcomes and Socio-Economic Status among the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot

It is not only the sheer number of elderly that will have an impact on public policy, but also the characteristics of these elderly. The Baby Boomer generation is expected to remain active and independent longer than previous generations of elderly population; as a group, they have sufficient wealth to manage retirement as no previous generation has; and they are going to challenge how the elderly are treated and what should be considered acceptable. This research study attempts to understand some of the challenges that changing demographics will have on the housing market and. | I z A DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES IZA DP No. 5152 Health Outcomes and Socio-Economic Status among the Elderly in China Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot John Strauss Xiaoyan Lei Albert Park Yan Shen August 2010 James P. Smith Zhe Yang Yaohui Zhao Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit Institute for the Study of Labor Health Outcomes and Socio-Economic Status among the Elderly in China Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot John Strauss University of Southern California Xiaoyan Lei Peking University and IZA Albert Park Oxford University and IZA Yan Shen Peking University James P. Smith RAND Corporation and IZA Zhe Yang Peking University Yaohui Zhao Peking University and IZA Discussion Paper No. 5152 August 2010 IZA P.O. Box 7240 53072 Bonn Germany Phone 49-228-3894-0 Fax 49-228-3894-180 E-mail iza@iza.org Any opinions expressed here are those of the author s and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. The Institute for the Study of Labor IZA in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post Foundation. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network workshops and conferences data service project support research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in i original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics ii development of policy concepts and iii dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. IZA Discussion Paper No. 5152 August 2010 ABSTRACT Health .