第163期嶽麓經貿學術論壇

題目：Parental Absence and Preference Development in Left-behind Children: An Experimental Study in Rural China

   主講：王天宇

中國人民大學勞動人事學院助理教授。2015年獲得北京大學經濟學博士。主要研究領域為：衛生經濟學，公共經濟學，勞動經濟學。在Social Science and Medicine, China Economic Review,《經濟研究》，《世界經濟》等期刊發表論文十餘篇，主持國家自然科學基金項目、教育部人文社科基金項目、北京市社科基金項目。

    時間：2019年5月17日（周五）上午10:00    地點：77779193永利财院校區經貿大樓401室

    摘要：China is witnessing significant rural-urban migration and rising divorce rates which potentially may lead to a far-reaching impact on the development of over 60 million children. Whilst the existing literature has explored the impact of parental absence on the health and education of children, the impact on their preference formation has seldom been investigated. In this study, we conduct a large-scale field experiment which looked into the preferences of 1,632 rural children ranging from the ages of 6 to 16. We find that being left-behind led to an increase in pro-social behaviour and an increased appetite for risk, but it also resulted in poorer performance at competitive activities, as well as issues with reliability and trust. Being left-behind by both parents was found to have a significant influence, whilst the experience of being left-behind did not continue to affect children after their parents had returned. Children who were left-behind were found to be affected in similar ways to children being raised within single parent families as a result of death or divorce.

主要發表記錄：

1. Xi Chen, Tianyu Wang*, and Susan Busch. “Does Money Relieve Depression? Evidence from Social Pension Expansions in China.” Social Science & Medicine, 220(2019).

2. Xuezheng Qin, Tianyu Wang, and Castiel Zhuang. “Intergenerational Transfer of Human Capital and Its Impact on Income Mobility: Evidence from China.” China Economic Review, 38(2016).

3. 王天宇，邱牧遠，楊澄宇. 延遲退休、就業與福利. 《世界經濟》，2016(8).

4. 王天宇， 彭曉博. 社會保障對生育意願的影響——來自新型農村合作醫療的證據.《經濟研究》，2015(2).

主持人：鄧衛廣 （3044永利集团 國際貿易系 助理教授；香港中文大學經濟學博士）