“重男轻女”降低女性福利吗?离婚与抚养压力  

Does Parental Son Preference Reduce Women's Welfare?Evidence from Divorce and the Pressure of Raising Children

作　　者：林莞娟[1] 赵耀辉[2] 

机构地区：[1]北京大学光华管理学院 [2]北京大学国家发展研究院

出　　处：《经济学（季刊）》2014年第4期135-158,共24页China Economic Quarterly

摘　　要：本文利用1990年和2000年中国人口普查数据,从父母婚姻状况、子女监护安排和(外)祖父母是否帮助照看孙辈三方面,考察了第一胎孩子性别是否影响已生育女性福利。我们发现,与第一胎为男孩的母亲相比,第一胎为女孩的母亲离婚率更高,离婚后更可能独自监护子女;第一胎为女孩的母亲更难获得(外)祖父母照看孙辈的帮助。本文作为第一篇利用国内数据研究子女性别对女性福利影响的文章,对性别偏好的研究及相关政策的制定具有一定启示意义。Using data from the 1990 and 2000 China Censuses, we explore an area cur- rently lacking academic research： how a mother＇s welfare is impacted by the gender of her first-born child, specifically in terms of parental divorce, child custody arrangements and probability of co-resident grandparents. We find that mothers of a first-born daughter are more likely to divorce and obtain child custody than mothers of a first-born son. There is also less probability for mothers of a first-born daughter to live with children＇s grandparents. This paper calls for more attention for policy makers to improve the welfare of mothers of firstborn daughters.

关 键 词：子女性别偏好 离婚率 子女监护 

分 类 号：C924.1[社会学—人口学]