关键词: 生育偏好, 生育决策, 家庭收入, 工具变量

Abstract:

Using data from China’s 2005 1% Population Sample Survey, this paper constructs instrumental variables taking advantage of sex preference and fertility policy differences between urban and rural areas, then tests the effects of children on household income. Results show that increasing in the number of children will significantly reduce household income. The negative effects also show significant differences between urban and rural areas, rural household income decline significantly by 8.8% when having another child, while urban families decline by 21.2%. Further analysis results show that in the family which doesn’t have grandparents living together or the mother works with government units and public institutions or engages in professional technology career, the children number has significant negative effects on household income.

Key words: Fertility Preference, Fertility Decision, Household Income, Instrumental Variable