publ-mit-podpubl-mit-podChen, SimiaoJin, ZhangfengPrettner, Klaus2024-04-082024-04-082020-04-022020https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6493We examine whether and how retirement affects migration decisions in China. Using a regression discontinuity (RD) design approach combined with a nationally representative sample of 228,855 adults aged between 40 and 75, we find that retirement increases the probability of migration by 12.9 percentage points. Approximately 38% of the total migration effects can be attributed to inter temporal substitution (delayed migration). Retirement-induced migrants are lower-educated and have restricted access to social security. Household-level migration decisions can reconcile different migration responses across gender. Retirees migrate for risk sharing and family protection mechnisms, reducing market production of their families in the receiving households.engRetirementMigration decisionRegression discontinuity design330PensionierungChinaWorkingPaper1693808218urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-17413