The Impact of Basic Old-Age Insurance and Basic Medical Insurance on the Identification of the Flexible Employment Class

Abstract

Abstract: Based on the data from the Chinese General Social Survey (2013~2018), this study analyzes the trends of the identification of the flexible employment class and explores the heterogeneous effects of the participation in the basic old-age insurance and the basic medical insurance on the identification of the flexible employment class varied by household registration and age. The findings show that: (1) compared with traditional full-time employment, the identification of the flexible working class is relatively lower, and has widely existed characteristics of longitudinal“downward shift”, i.e., the average class identification level is lower and presents a trend of decreasing over time; (2) the participation in the basic old-age insurance has a signification positive effect on the present class identification of the flexible employment personnel, whereas the participation in the social medical insurance also has a significant positive effect on the present and expected class identification of the flexible employment personnel; (3) in the heterogeneity analysis, to participate in the social old-age insurance can significantly improve the current class identification of the middle-and old-aged flexible employment individuals, whereas to participate in the social medical insurance can significantly improve the present and expected class identification of the rural flexible employment personnel. Therefore, this paper puts forward such policy suggestions as removing the institutional barriers to the flexible workers’ participation in the social insurance, establishing and improving the payment incentive and transfer mechanism, enhancing the payment capacity of the low-income flexible workers, and improving the multi-level social security system.

Key words: flexible employment, class identification, basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance

CLC Number:

F840.612

ZHANG Yin-kai, ZHANG Xue, XUE Hui-yuan. The Impact of Basic Old-Age Insurance and Basic Medical Insurance on the Identification of the Flexible Employment Class[J]. Journal of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, 2023, 0(4): 51-65.

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