Economic Poverty Among Older People in Urban and Rural China

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10.2991/aebmr.k.210210.017How to use a DOI?

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economic poverty, older people, FGT (Foster, Greer and Thoebecke) measure

Abstract

Economic poverty among older people in urban and rural China is examined with applying different poverty lines for three distinct dimensions. With data from a large representative survey in China in 2015, this paper finds the absolute economic poverty incidence is only 0.6% among Chinese urban elders, almost eliminated. But it is 6.6% among Chinese rural elders. For the relative economic poverty, it is much higher than the absolute economic poverty, no matter applying separate poverty lines or a union relative poverty line in urban and rural China. Meanwhile, the subjective economic poverty is still worrying that 14.1% of Chinese urban elders and 34.1% of Chinese rural elders feel difficult in 2015. Also, the large urban and rural distances in absolute, relative or subjective economic poverty have been observed. Economic poverty among Chinese rural elders is much severer than their urban peers.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yan Zhang
AU  - Wensheng Miao
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/02/21
TI  - Economic Poverty Among Older People in Urban and Rural China
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Economics, Management, Law and Education (EMLE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 112
EP  - 117
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210210.017
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210210.017
ID  - Zhang2021
ER  -