Sex ratios and marital matching outcomes in the Chinese marriage market

被引：1

作者：

Yao, Yuxin ^{[1
]}

Zhang, Min ^{[1
]}

Li, Yixian ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] East China Normal Univ, Fac Econ & Management, Sch Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R China

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2023年 / 222卷

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Sex ratios; Marital matching; Chinese economy; IMBALANCE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110927

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper examines how a male-biased sex ratio affects marital matching outcomes by using the 2015 Chinese mini-census data. Based on a Heckit approach and an instrumental variable approach, we find that when females are scarce, males marry females from a lower social class, i.e., less educated or with the rural Hukou. In addition, males are more likely to find spouses who are younger than themselves, born in a different province, and of a different ethnicity.(c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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