Family-Size Effect on Intergenerational Income Mobility under China's Family Planning Policy: Testing the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off

doi:10.3390/su141912559

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	Family-Size Effect on Intergenerational Income Mobility under China's Family Planning Policy: Testing the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off
	Mu, Xinxin 1; Chen, Shenghu 2
通讯作者	Mu, Xinxin(mx-916@163.com)
	2022-10-01
发表期刊	SUSTAINABILITY
卷号	14 期号:19 页码:13
摘要	The causal link between family size and human capital investment in children is critical for family planning policy. However, empirical studies aiming to test the quantity-quality trade-off are far from sufficient. This paper tried to estimate the family-size effect on intergenerational income mobility using China Family Panel Survey (CFPS) data. The empirical model of intergenerational income mobility with respective to family size was formulated, and the fertility rates allowed by family planning policy were used as an instrument variable for family size. It was found that intergenerational income elasticity tended to decrease with an increase in family size. The impact of family size on intergenerational income elasticity was sensitive to the income rank positions, and nonlinearity in intergenerational transmission of income under unequal family was observed. A quantity-quality trade-off analysis was applied to further test the family-size effect. Pronounced family-size effects were observed in low-income regions with tight budget constraints and in regions with less-developed credit markets, followed by an obvious quantity-quality trade-off. The sex difference in intergenerational transmission of income may be attributed to the existence of the "preference to sons over daughters" phenomenon. The present work provides a theoretical basis for shaping family planning policies toward sustainability.
关键词	family planning policy family size intergenerational income mobility quantity-quality trade-off
资助者	National Social Science Foundation of China
DOI	10.3390/su141912559
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Social Science Foundation of China[20CSH034]
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS记录号	WOS:000867356600001
出版者	MDPI
引用统计	被引频次：2[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.imr.ac.cn/handle/321006/176195
专题	中国科学院金属研究所
通讯作者	Mu, Xinxin
作者单位	1.Liaoning Univ, Sch Marxism, Shenyang 110036, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Met Res, Shenyang 110016, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mu, Xinxin,Chen, Shenghu. Family-Size Effect on Intergenerational Income Mobility under China's Family Planning Policy: Testing the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2022,14(19):13.
APA	Mu, Xinxin,&Chen, Shenghu.(2022).Family-Size Effect on Intergenerational Income Mobility under China's Family Planning Policy: Testing the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off.SUSTAINABILITY,14(19),13.
MLA	Mu, Xinxin,et al."Family-Size Effect on Intergenerational Income Mobility under China's Family Planning Policy: Testing the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off".SUSTAINABILITY 14.19(2022):13.