Does Public Long-Term Care Insurance Affect Spousal Labor Supply? Evidence from China

This is the replication package of the paper "Does Public Long-Term Care Insurance Affect Spousal Labor Supply? Evidence from China". This study examines whether public long-term care insurance influences spousal labor supply in China, a question that remains underexplored in the literature. Using nationally representative panel data from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, we employ a staggered difference-in-differences design combined with propensity score matching to identify causal impacts. Our results show that long-term care insurance increases spousal labor force participation by 17.8 percentage points and annual working hours by 227 hours, with most gains concentrated in self-employment. These effects are accompanied by reduced informal caregiving and increases in physical activity and food consumption, suggesting a reallocation of household time and resources. The impacts are stronger in programs targeting only the severely disabled and offering the cash benefits option. Overall, LTCI extends beyond elderly care, promoting labor market engagement in aging societies.

本文件为论文《公共长期护理保险是否影响配偶劳动供给？来自中国的经验证据》的复现数据集包。本研究聚焦中国场景下公共长期护理保险（long-term care insurance, LTCI）对配偶劳动供给的影响，这一议题在现有学术文献中仍未得到充分探索。本研究使用中国健康与养老追踪调查（China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study）的全国代表性面板数据，结合渐进双重差分设计与倾向得分匹配法识别因果效应。研究结果表明，公共长期护理保险可使配偶的劳动参与率提升17.8个百分点，年工作时长增加227小时，且该收益主要集中在自主就业群体中。这类效应伴随非正式照料时长的减少、体育活动与食品消费的增加，意味着家庭时间与资源实现了重新配置。仅针对重度失能群体且提供现金给付选项的长期护理保险计划，其政策效应更为显著。总体而言，长期护理保险的作用范畴已超越老年照料范畴，可推动老龄化社会的劳动力市场参与度提升。