第163期岳麓经贸学术论坛

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

   主讲：王天宇

中国人民大学劳动人事学院助理教授。2015年获得北京大学经济学博士。主要研究领域为：卫生经济学，公共经济学，劳动经济学。在Social Science and Medicine, China Economic Review,《经济研究》，《世界经济》等期刊发表论文十余篇，主持国家自然科学基金项目、教育部人文社科基金项目、北京市社科基金项目。

    时间：2019年5月17日（周五）上午10:00    地点：湖南大学财院校区经贸大楼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.

主要发表记录：

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，邱牧远，杨澄宇. 延迟退休、就业与福利. 《世界经济》，2016(8).

4. 王天宇， 彭晓博. 社会保障对生育意愿的影响——来自新型农村合作医疗的证据.《经济研究》，2015(2).

主持人：邓卫广 （湖南大学经济与贸易学院 国际贸易系 助理教授；香港中文大学经济学博士）