Paper Title
Comparative Study on Intergenerational Support influencing the elderly decision to Work in China and South Korea

Abstract
Promoting the active participation of the elderly in the labor market is an important way to cope with the aging of the population. Intergenerational support refers to financial support and emotional support between parents and children. In South Korea and China, intergenerational support is significant in family relationships. This study examines the impact of intergenerational support influencing the elderly decision to work through an empirical research approach using data from CHARLS(China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study) and KLoSA(Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging).The Logit results showed that inSouth Korea, children’s financial support to parents and emotional communication between generations significantly impactedthe elderly’swork choices. In China, the frequency of meetings between parents and children impactsthe elderly’swork choices. This study alsofinds that the elderly in Korea were similar to the non-agricultural working elderly in China, after dividing the work of the elderly in China between agriculture and non-agriculture. Keywords - Aging population, Intergenerational support, Cross-national, the elderly decision to work