Parental housing wealth and children's marriage prospects in China-evidence from CHARLS

被引：3

作者：

Gao, Ya ^{[1
,2
]}

Alessie, Rob ^{[1
,3
]}

Angelini, Viola ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Groningen, Dept Econ Econometr & Finance, Groningen, Netherlands

[2] Univ Ca Foscari Venice, Dept Econ, Venice, Italy

[3] Netspar, Tilburg, Netherlands

来源：

REVIEW OF ECONOMICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD | 2023年 / 21卷 / 02期

关键词：

Housing wealth; Marriage; Children; CHARLS; SEX-RATIOS; COMPETITION; MARKETS; GENDER; ENTRY;

D O I：

10.1007/s11150-022-09608-8

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We estimate the association between parental housing wealth and children's marriage prospects in China by drawing data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS). We focus on children aged 16-35 who were unmarried in 2011 and track their marriage outcomes in 2015. Our results show that parental housing wealth acts as a signal for males in the Chinese marriage market, which is characterized by a strongly unbalanced sex ratio. Males are more likely to get married if their parents own high-value houses, especially among rural households. The relationship is not significant for females.

引用

页码：615 / 644

页数：30

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