性别比失衡、婚姻支付与代际支持  

Sex Ratio Bias,Marriage Payments and Inter-generation Support

作　　者：张川川[1] 陶美娟 Zhang Chuanchuan;Tao Meijuan(School of Economics,Central University of Finance and Economics)

机构地区：[1]中央财经大学经济学院,北京102206

出　　处：《经济科学》2020年第2期87-100,共14页Economic Science

基　　金：国家自然科学基金青年基金项目“生育水平、性别选择和女性发展:性别观念的视角”(项目编号:71503282)的阶段性成果。

摘　　要：本文基于中国健康与养老追踪调查数据和人口普查数据,考察了人口性别比失衡对婚姻支付行为的影响。经验分析显示,适婚人口性别比每提高1个百分点,导致彩礼支出显著上涨2.037%,但对嫁妆支出没有统计上显著的影响。分样本考察显示,人口性别比失衡对彩礼支出的影响只在农村地区、社会经济地位较低的群体中显著。进一步的研究显示,在从夫居文化越盛行的地方,人口性别比失衡对彩礼支出的正向作用越强。最后,本文初步考察了婚姻支付背后的经济动机,发现父母支付的彩礼和嫁妆与子女婚后给予父母的物质和精神支持显著正相关。Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS)and population Census,this paper examines the impact of sex ratio on marriage payments such as bride price and dowry.The results show that a one percentage point increase in sex ratio increases the bride price by 2.037 percent,but has no statistically significant effect on dowry.Further analysis suggests that the relationship between sex ratio and bride price is only statistically significant among the less educated population in rural areas.In addition,the results show that the effect of sex ratio on bride price is stronger in regions with more prevalence of patrilocality.We also explore the economic motivation underlying the marriage payments,and find that individuals who have received more marriage payments from their parents at marriage are more likely to provide support for parents.

关 键 词：性别比失衡 彩礼 嫁妆 从夫居文化 代际支持 

分 类 号：C913.14[经济管理] C913.1[社会学]