Table 6.
Robustness check
| Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI | Weight | BMI | Weight | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| Panel A: Retired, excluding those report engaging in work | ||||
| Retired | 0.926** (0.422) | 2.183* (1.161) | 0.269 (0.767) | 0.154 (1.852) |
| Age | −0.071 (0.045) | −0.172 (0.124) | −0.086 (0.097) | −0.253 (0.234) |
| Age Square/100 | −0.019*** (0.006) | −0.046*** (0.016) | −0.022*** (0.008) | −0.057*** (0.019) |
| Observations | 1674 | 1674 | 1207 | 1207 |
| Panel B: Bandwidth [−4, 4] | ||||
| Retired | 0.874** (0.393) | 1.986* (1.077) | −0.225 (0.830) | −0.629 (2.015) |
| Age | −0.047 (0.047) | −0.149 (0.129) | −0.077 (0.130) | −0.324 (0.315) |
| Age Square/100 | −0.012 (0.008) | −0.041* (0.022) | −0.034** (0.014) | −0.088*** (0.033) |
| Observations | 1,524 | 1,524 | 995 | 995 |
| Panel C: Dropping retirement with rural Hukou | ||||
| Retired | 0.785* (0.404) | 1.937* (1.124) | 0.508 (0.881) | 0.692 (2.124) |
| Age | −0.039 (0.042) | −0.112 (0.116) | −0.091 (0.096) | −0.268 (0.232) |
| Age Square/100 | −0.015*** (0.005) | −0.037** (0.015) | −0.023*** (0.008) | −0.060*** (0.019) |
| Observations | 1,742 | 1,742 | 1,191 | 1,191 |
Standard errors are in parentheses. (2)
*
Significant at 10% level;
**
Significant at 5% level;
***
Significant at 1% level. (3) the result is estimated by fixed effect model with panel data. (4) We control rural Hukou, marital status, education level, household size, log (household expenditure per capita), individual and time fixed effects