1 论文标题: The Effect of Family Size on Children’sEducation: Evidence from the Fertility Control Policy in China

2 作者信息:

Ying Shen

Department of Economics,University of Notre Dame

3 出处: Ying Shen. The Effect of Family Size on Children’s Education: Evidence from the Fertility Control Policy in China[J]. Front. Econ. China, 2017, 12(1): 37-65.
  
链接: http://journal.hep.com.cn/fec/EN/10.3868/s060-006-017-0003-3

4 摘要

Abstract:

Empiricalresearch on the effect of family size on child education is complicated by theendogeneity of family size. This study exploits plausibly exogenous changes infamily size caused by China’s population control policy to estimate the causalrelationship between family size and child education outcomes. The results showthat, compared to an only child, a person with an additional sibling will havean approximate seventeen percentage points lower likelihood of completingmiddle school in China. Separate regressions across individual characteristicsreveal that much of this negative effect appears to be driven by the cohortsborn in earlier years after the policy, and children with the highest birthorder within a family.

家庭规模对子女教育的影响：以中国计划生育政策为实证

Ying Shen

美国圣母大学经济系

摘要：

由于家庭规模的内生性，其对于子女教育影响的实证研究错综复杂。本文利用中国的人口控制政策引起的家庭规模外生性变化来估测家庭规模和子女教育成果之间的因果关系。结果表明，在中国，拥有一个兄弟姐妹的人完成中学的可能性比起那些独生子女要低出约17个百分点。个体性格上的独立回归分析显示，这一负面影响在很大程度上归因于人口政策实施初期年间出生的同龄人以及自家的长兄长姐。