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題 名 | 家庭屬性對子女教育選擇之影響--多元序類Probit模型=The Influence of Family's Characteristics on the Children's Education Choice--Multi-order Probit Model |
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作 者 | 趙振瑛; 謝文盛; | 書刊名 | 科技學刊 |
卷 期 | 10:1 2001.01[民90.01] |
頁 次 | 頁61-68 |
分類號 | 528.21 |
關鍵詞 | 跨代效用函數; 多元序類Probit模型; 家庭屬性; 教育程度; Multi-order probit; Education choice; Family's characteristics; |
語 文 | 中文(Chinese) |
中文摘要 | 本文理論遵循Becker(1981)跨代效用函數概念,說明子女的人力資本累積與父 母的人力資本存量具有相關性。實證上則藉由估計影響子女受教育程度的各種家庭屬性,驗 證臺灣家庭是否存在重男輕女或是長子(女)需提早進入職場等問題;此外,也透過不同世 代的橫斷面估計結果,了解影響教育選擇因素之變動狀況,本文實證採用主計處1978年、 1988年、1998年三年的「人力運用調查」資料,實證方法考慮教育選擇是具有順序性的類別 資料型態,故以多元序類Probit模型進行估計。實證結果發現:個人教育選擇的確受到父母 的人力資本存量及家庭屬性的影響,同時在這20年來影響因素也有改變。一般而言,當父母 教育水準與職業專業化程度愈高、父母在公部門工作、或是父母婚姻狀況正常者,則子女受 高等教育的機率愈高;而當家中兄弟姐妹個數愈多,或身為家中長子或長女時,則子女受高 等教育的機率是減少。但隨著臺灣經濟不斷地成長及社會環境的改變,父母教育水準的高低 、父母是否在公部門工作等因素,對子女教育選擇的影響程度有下降之趨勢。 |
英文摘要 | This paper employs the Becker(1981) argument that altruistic parents take a tradeoff between their own comsumption and childern's human capital accumulation. We estimate the influence of family's characteristics on the children's education choice in Taiwan using Manpower Utilization Survey Data of 1978, 1988, and 1998, and compare the results to sketch the changes of such influences. As education investment is an ordered choice, so we apply a ploychotomous ordered probit model to estimate the education decision. The main findings of the paper are as follow: (a)Family's characteristics significantly affect a person's selection of education level. For example, the higher the parents' education and working position, the higher their children's education is. The larger the number of siblings, the lower the educational attainment of the children is. For parents working in the public sector, their children tend to attain a higher level education. Children whose parents are living together also tend to receive more education. (b)The children is first-born, then he (or she) attained lower education level in 1978 and 1988, but higher in 1998. So their post of duty is changed over from the earnings assistant of their parents to the full-time student for taking a degree of higher level education. (c)We also find, in Taiwan, as in any society deeply rooted in traditional Chinese culture, family preference is biased toward the male is significant and so is the education. But the education bias toward the male seems falling in 1998's. |
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