摘要
婚姻满意度一直是婚姻经济学和家庭经济学的重要议题,但关于收入与婚姻满意度之间因果关系的研究较为缺乏。本文使用中国家庭追踪调查(CFPS)2014年数据,利用中国农村老年人60岁后才有资格领取新农保养老金这一自然实验所带来的外生收入冲击,采用断点回归设计考察了收入冲击对婚姻满意度的因果效应。结果显示,收入增加将显著促进中老年人的婚姻满意度,该结论在一系列稳健性检验下仍然成立。机制分析显示,收入提升婚姻满意度并非是通过扩大家庭的整体预算约束引起的,而是由于获得养老金的一方提升了其在婚姻关系中的议价能力。
Marital satisfaction has always been an important topic in family economics. However, literatures on the causal relationship between income and marital satisfaction are relatively incomplete. In this paper, we examine the causal effect of income on marital satisfaction, through an experiment in which pension income is treated as an exogenous shock. The experiment is designed under the context that rural residents over 60 years old are eligible for pension in China. Using regression discontinuity design method with CFPS data of the year 2014, we find that increase in income significantly promotes marital satisfaction among rural residents, and the results remain robust after a series of checks. Moreover, mechanism analysis shows that the promotion of marital satisfaction is not caused by expanding the overall budget constraint of a family, but mainly because the one who receives pension gains more bargaining power within the marriage.
作者
马超
程令国
闫雪凌
Ma Chao;Cheng Lingguo;Yan Xueling(School of Public Health,Southeast University;Business School,Nanjing University;School of Economics,Sichuan University)
出处
《劳动经济研究》
CSSCI
2019年第3期120-144,共25页
Studies in Labor Economics
基金
国家社会科学基金青年项目“新型农村社会养老保险制度对农村居民养老模式与养老质量的影响研究”(项目号:13CJY028)
教育部人文社会科学规划项目“新型农村社会养老保险的劳动供给效应研究”(项目号:17YJA790016)
东南大学至善学者计划(项目号:2242019R40049)的支持
关键词
收入
婚姻满意度
新农保
断点回归方法
议价能力
income
marital satisfaction
new rural pension scheme
regression discontinuity design
bargaining power
