Abstract
In early 2020, China launched a health code system to combat the spread of Covid-19. The required health code led to a drastic uptake of smartphone usage among older residents. This paper uses rich commercial data from the Zhejiang Province of China to track the change in consumption among the older population. The paper finds that older people significantly increased spending after switching to mobile payment. The paper contributes to the literature by identifying the unexpected windfall from the effect of the health code mandate on the older population and demonstrating that digital payment works well in the older population.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 103671 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Finance Research Letters |
Volume | 53 |
Early online date | 14 Mar 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The author acknowledges financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 72133004, and the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, China, Grant No. 2021J01036.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Digital finance
- Health code
- Older people's consumption behavior