@misc{Qin_Cheng_Does_2025,
 author={Qin, Cheng and Zhao, Jing and Liu, Jianyi},
 identifier={DOI: 10.15611/aoe.2025.2.03},
 year={2025},
 rights={Pewne prawa zastrzeżone na rzecz Autorów i Wydawcy},
 description={Argumenta Oeconomica, 2025, Nr 2 (55), s. 34-51},
 publisher={Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics and Business},
 language={eng},
 abstract={Aim: To examine the impact of the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) on health disparities between the urban and rural elderly in China. Methodology: The authors constructed health inequality of opportunity (IOp) based on the ex-ante principle and utilised panel data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (2015-2018), employing both difference-in-differences (DID) and propensity score matching DID methodologies to assess the impact. Results: It was found that enrolment in the NRPS significantly enhanced health levels of the rural elderly and reduced health inequality of opportunity between the urban and rural elderly by 6.67%. The impact was more pronounced among lower-income and older age groups. Implications and recommendations: The findings suggest that targeted social pension programmes can effectively reduce regional health disparities. Future research should explore the long-term sustainability of these effects and their applicability to other developing countries with similar urban-rural divides. Originality/value: This study uniquely applied inequality of opportunity theory to distinguish between ‘justifiable’ and ‘unjustifiable’ health disparities, providing a more comprehensive understanding of urban-rural health inequalities and demonstrating the effectiveness of social pension programmes in addressing these disparities. Keywords: health inequalities, social pension, inequality of opportunity (IOp), urban-rural disparities},
 type={artykuł},
 title={Does the rural social pension alleviate urban-rural health inequality of opportunity? Evidence from China},
 keywords={health inequalities, social pension, inequality of opportunity, urban-rural disparities},
}