Econ Papers Daily / 期刊论文
女性教育优势对家庭的影响
The Impact of the Female Advantage in Education on the Family
摘要
Abstract Men’s historical advantage in educational attainment has recently been reversed in many countries. I study the implications for family formation of the new female advantage in education in the marriage market, exploiting a Finnish school reform that increased women’s relative level of education. I analyze the reduced-form relationship between marriage market exposure to the reform and family outcomes. I find decreases in marriage and fertility in marriage markets with a larger female educational advantage. These results are mostly driven by the mismatch between the educational distributions of men and women, and might have negative consequences for low-educated men’s mental health.
中文摘要
摘要 男性在教育程度上的历史优势近年来在许多国家已被逆转。本文利用芬兰一项提升女性相对教育水平的学校改革，研究了婚姻市场中女性教育新优势对家庭形成的影响。我分析了婚姻市场受改革影响程度与家庭结果之间的简化形式关系。研究发现，在女性教育优势较大的婚姻市场中，结婚率和生育率有所下降。这些结果主要由男女教育分布的不匹配所驱动，并可能对低教育水平男性的心理健康产生负面影响。