主讲人：孙昂

简  介：中国人民大学经济学院助理教授，美国布朗大学经济学博士，北京大学中国经济研究中心硕士。研究领域发展经济学、人口和劳动经济学。近年来在《Economics of Education Review》、《Journal of Asian Studies》等学术杂志有所发表。在人大任教以前，曾在斯坦福大学亚太研究中心任博士后研究员。目前的研究主要集中在家庭、婚姻市场上的决策行为等领域。

时  间：4月10日（星期五）下午2:00-3:30

地  点：国家发展研究院万众楼小教室

题  目：Son Preference, Fast Economic Growth, and Living Arrangements: Evidence from Rural China

摘  要：This paper studies intergenerational living arrangements in the presence of preschool children. We consider two particular driving forces behind living arrangements: labor specialization in childcare and work on the job; and sharing the companionship of children as a household public good. Using China Health and Nutrition Survey data, we find that women are more likely to co-reside with their mothers-in-law if they have higher earning abilities or if they have firstborn sons, who are considered more valuable household public goods under the widespread son preference in China. These findings can be well explained by our model, which also yields testable implications for the interplay of the two channels. In addition, we provide supplementary evidence on maternal labor supply and gender disparity in health insurance and medical services. The evidence is consistent with our hypothesis on the determinants of extended-family arrangements.

关键词：Living arrangements, Labor Specialization, Childcare, Gender inequality