China launched a new rural pension scheme (hereafter NRPS) for rural residents in 2009,
now covering almost all counties with over 400 million people enrolled. This implementation
of the largest social pension program in the world offers a unique setting for studying the
economics of intergenerational relationships during development, given the rapidity of
China's population aging, traditions of filial piety and co-residence, decreasing number of
children, and dearth of formal social security, at a relatively low income level. We draw on …