An Analysis of the Economic Empowerment Pathways Through Which an Improved Social Security System Promotes the Formation of Labor Health Capital

Yun-Peng Pang （ Zibo City Boshan District Social Insurance Service Center, Zibo, Shandong, 255200, China ）

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This paper aims to systematically analyze how an improved social security system effectively promotes the formation, accumulation, and intergenerational transmission of labor health capital through multiple economic empowerment pathways. The study first clarifies the theoretical connotations of health capital and the social security system, as well as their interactive logic. It then examines, from three levels—micro-level individual behavioral incentives, meso-level market efficiency optimization, and macro-level economic growth support—the direct and indirect mechanisms through which core social security programs, including medical insurance, pension insurance, and unemployment insurance, influence the formation of health capital. Subsequently, drawing on China’s practical experience, the paper explores the structural challenges currently faced by the social security system in empowering health capital formation. Finally, policy optimization recommendations are proposed with a focus on “life-cycle health management” and “high-quality and full employment,” in order to provide theoretical references and practical pathways for building a more inclusive, sustainable, and productive social security system.

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