Impact Study of Integrated Healthcare and Elderly Care Policy Pilots on Older Adults Economic Labor Participation

Corresponding author: TIANKAN, tiankan@njucm.edu.cn

DOI: 10.12201/bmr.202506.00005

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  Abstract: Objective: This study examines the impact of integrated healthcare and elderly care policy pilots on older adults economic labor participation. Methods: Using CHARLS panel data (2013–2020), we employed a difference-in-differences (DID) model to assess the policy effects. Results: The results indicate a 10.3% average increase in economic labor participation among older adults in pilot areas. Mechanism analysis reveals that health status mediated this effect, while social security exhibited a suppression effect. The policy significantly increased participation in agricultural work, non-agricultural employment, and self-employed farming but reduced participation in hired agricultural labor. Heterogeneity analysis shows stronger effects in rural and central-western regions. Conclusion: The integrated care policy effectively promotes older adults economic labor engagement. We recommend strengthening service systems, implementing phased benefit improvements with work incentives, expanding pilot coverage in rural and central-western regions, and fostering health-labor policy coordination.

  Key words: integrated healthcare and elderly care; older adults; labor participation; DID

  Submit time: 3 June 2025

  Copyright: The copyright holder for this preprint is the author/funder, who has granted biomedRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.
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