提高丈夫的育儿参与可以降低妻子养育的机会成本吗?——基于工资收入的视角  

Can Husbands’Higher Participation in Childcare Reduce Wives’Opportunity Costs of Motherhood?An Analysis from the Perspective of Wage

作　　者：黄伟 杨浩 HUANG Wei;YANG Hao(College of Economics,Sichuan Agricultural University,Chengdu 611130)

机构地区：[1]四川农业大学经济学院,四川成都611130

出　　处：《南方人口》2024年第6期51-63,共13页South China Population

基　　金：国家哲社科基金项目(20BJY142&22BJY129&23AJY015)。

摘　　要：实现中国式现代化需要人口高质量发展加以支撑。我国人口高质量发展战略下的一大难题是生育率不足。生育率不足与养育子女的高昂成本关系紧密,然而,养育子女的机会成本往往被忽视。本文利用中国家庭追踪调查(CFPS)2016-2020年共3期的调查数据,实证丈夫育儿参与对妻子养育机会成本的影响。结果发现:(1)丈夫育儿参与对妻子养育的机会成本具有抑制作用;(2)丈夫育儿参与通过缓解时间约束、提高社会资本降低妻子养育的机会成本;(3)在妻子性别观念较为传统、受教育程度较高的情况下,丈夫育儿对妻子养育机会成本的抑制作用将被弱化。本文的研究结果对于减轻养育负担、促进性别平等、推动人口高质量发展具有重要现实意义。The realization of Chinese modernization needs the support of high-quality population development.One of the major challenge for the strategy of high-quality population development is the low fertility which is inextricably caused by high costs of raising children.As the existing researches shed few lights on the opportunity cost of raising children,this paper is to empirically demonstrate the effect of husbands’childcare participation on wives’opportunity costs of motherhood based on the data from China Family Panel Studies(CFPS)2016 and 2020.The results find that husbands’participation in childcare has a dampening effect on wives’opportunity cost of motherhood by alleviating their time constraints and increasing their social capital.However,such effect can be significantly weakened among the couples whose wife has more traditional gender values or boasts of higher level of education level.The findings can be of great practical references in reducing the burden of parenting,promoting gender equality,and facilitating high-quality population development.

关 键 词：丈夫育儿 机会成本 工作-家庭冲突 性别平等 

分 类 号：C92-05[社会学—人口学]