期刊名称：Journal of Applied Economics and Business Research
电子版ISSN：1927-033X
出版年度：2016
卷号：6
期号：3
页码：232-250
出版社：Journal of Applied Economics and Business Research
摘要：This study examines the effects of survivor benefits on widowed women’s’ health status and wealth using the Income and Living Conditions Survey (ILCS) in Turkey during the period 2006-2012. A structural Equation Modelling (SEM) is applied, where the causal assumptions from survivor benefits on health and wealth are tested. The results show that those who claim the survivor benefits report a higher health status level by 0.11 units the scale from 1 to 5 than widowed mothers that do not receive the benefits. Examining the sample of those who receive the survivor benefits, a 1 per cent increase in the survivor benefits results to a 2 per cent reduction in poverty.
