摘要
在人口老龄化日益加剧的背景下,老年父母对子女情感支持的需求日益提升。本文利用中国健康与养老追踪调查(CHARLS)2011年、2013年和2015年数据,探究女儿数量对老年父母身体健康的影响。研究结果表明,相比于45—59岁的父母,女儿数量能改善60岁及以上老年父母自评身体健康,降低他们患有慢性疾病的风险。随着父母年龄的增加,女儿数量对父母健康的促进作用更加明显。在控制儿子数量、采用不同的老年划分标准以及使用工具变量处理内生性问题后,文章的结果保持稳健。女儿数量对老年父母健康的促进作用主要是通过提供更多的情感支持来实现。
With the increasing aging of the population in China, the demand of elderly parents for their children’s emotional support is becoming stronger. With 2011, 2013, and 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS)data, we estimate the effect of the number of daughters on elderly parents’ health. We find that compared with parents aged 45-59, parents aged 60 and over with more daughters are healthier and less likely to suffer from chronic disease. Moreover, with the increase of parents’ age, the improvement effect of the number of daughters on parents’ health is more obvious. The results are robust after controlling the number of sons, using different age criteria, and dealing with the endogeneity with instrumental variable. The improvement of daughters on elderly parents’ health is achieved by providing more emotional support.
作者
李嘉楠
陈荣杰
LI Jianan;CHEN Rongjie(School of Economics,Xiamen University,Xiamen,361005;School of Applied Economics,Renmin University of China,Beijing,100872)
出处
《中国经济问题》
CSSCI
北大核心
2022年第4期170-183,共14页
China Economic Studies
基金
国家自然科学基金面上项目(72173102)
厦门大学中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金资助项目(20720181036)。
关键词
老年健康
女儿数量
情感支持
elderly parents’health
number of daughters
emotional support
