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Fichier |
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Pré-publication, Document de travail |
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What Do Parents Want? Parental Spousal Preferences in China
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| Résumé |
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In many societies, parents are involved in selecting a spouse for their child, and integrate this with decisions about migration and educational investment. What type of spouse do parents want for their children? We estimate parents' spousal preferences based on survey choices between random profiles. Preference data are elicited from parents or other relatives who actively search for a spouse on behalf of their adult child in Kunming, China. Economic variables (income and real estate ownership) are important for the choice of sons-in-law, but not daughters-in-law. Education is valued on both sides. We simulate marriage outcomes based on preferences for age and education and compare them with marriage patterns in the general population. Homogamy by education can be explained by parental preferences, but not by age: parents prefer younger wives, yet most couples are the same age. Additionally collected preference data from students can explain age distributions. Survey data from parents suggest that while they prefer younger wives, they also accept wives of the same age. Overall, marriage markets have a likely positive influence on education investments for both boys and girls.
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Auteur(s)
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Eva Raiber
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, Weiwei Ren
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, Jeanne Bovet
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, Paul Seabright
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, Charlotte Wang
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AMSE -
Aix-Marseille Sciences Economiques
( 526949 )
- 5-9 Boulevard Bourdet
CS 50498
13205 Marseille Cedex 1
- France
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales UMR7316 ( 99539 )
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Aix Marseille Université UMR7316 ( 198056 )
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École Centrale de Marseille UMR7316 ( 300415 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7316 ( 441569 )
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Yunnan Normal University
( 433012 )
- Chine
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University of Northumbria at Newcastle [United Kingdom]
( 336598 )
- Newcastle City Campus, 2 Ellison Pl, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom
- Royaume-Uni
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TSE-R -
Toulouse School of Economics
( 1002422 )
- Manufacture de Tabacs, 21 allées de Brienne 31000 Toulouse
- France
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Université Toulouse Capitole ( 81148 )
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Université de Toulouse ( 443875 )
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École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( 99539 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR5314 ( 441569 )
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Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement UMR1415 ( 577435 )
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IAST -
Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse
( 506116 )
- 1, esplanade de l'Université
31080 Toulouse Cedex 06
- France
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IPAG Business School
( 542840 )
- 184 boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006 Paris
- France
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| Page/Identifiant |
54 p.
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| Public visé |
Scientifique
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| Langue du document |
Anglais
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| Date de production/écriture |
2021-04-19
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| Domaine(s) |
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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| Mots-clés (JEL) |
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J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J1 - Demographic Economics/J.J1.J12 - Marriage • Marital Dissolution • Family Structure • Domestic Abuse
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I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I2 - Education and Research Institutions/I.I2.I26 - Returns to Education
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D - Microeconomics/D.D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics/D.D1.D10 - General
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| Référence interne |
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Working paper AMSE 2021-25
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| Projet(s) ANR |
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| Financement |
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Eva Raiber and Paul Seabright acknowledge IAST funding from the French National Research Agency (ANR) under
the Investments for the Future (Investissements d'Avenir) program, grant ANR-17-EURE-0010.
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Eva Raiber also acknowledges funding from the ANR grant ANR-17-EURE-0020.
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Weiwei Ren thanks the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71540032).
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| Mots-clés |
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Marriage, Preference estimation, China, Parental matchmaking, Matching
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