tailieunhanh - Budget constrains and son preference in educational investment in Taiwan

Thus, sibship configuration may influence how much parents invest in each of their child’s education and thus contribute to educational inequality within the family. The mechanisms through which parents exhibit their preference for a specific child may be either allocation of family resources among siblings or a subtle form of economic transfers among the siblings. Most prior studies have focused on the direct parental effect of allocation of family resources, and few studies have examined the indirect parental effect of inter-sibling transfer of family resources. In this study, we seek to contribute to the literature on the intra-family educational inequality. | WORKING P A P E R Budget Constraints and Son Preference in Educational Investment in Taiwan YI-CHUN CHANG AND JUI-CHUNG ALLEN LI WR-953 July 2012 This paper series made possible by the NIA funded RAND Center for the Study of Aging P30AG012815 and the NICHD funded RAND Population Research Center R24HD050906 . This product is part of the RAND Labor and Population working paper series. RAND working papers are intended to share researchers latest findings and to solicit informal peer review. They have been approved for circulation by RAND Labor and Population but have not been formally edited or peer reviewed. Unless otherwise indicated working papers can be quoted and cited without permission of the author provided the source is clearly referred to as a working paper. RAND s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. RAND is a registered trademark. RAND LABOR AND POPULATION T 1 1 1 1 1 fl T Í Tl 1 1 IT 1 1 m Budget Constraints and Son Preference in Educational Investment in Taiwan July 1 2012 Yi-Chun Chang Department of Sociology National Taiwan University Taiwan Jui-Chung Allen Li Institute of European and American Studies and Institute of Sociology Academia Sinica Taiwan and Population Research Center RAND Corporation USA An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 2012 meeting of the Population Association of America. Research support from the National Science Council ROC 99-2410-H-001-081-MY2 and from our respective institutions is gratefully acknowledged. We thank Kuo-Hsien Su for helpful comments and discussions. Direct all correspondence to Jui-Chung Allen Li Institute of European and American Studies Academia Sinica 130 Academia Rd. Sec. 2 Nankang Taipei City Taiwan. Email jli@ or Yi-Chun Chang Department of Sociology National Taiwan University. No. 1 Sec. 4 Roosevelt Rd. Chung-Cheng Taipei City Taiwan. Email diean86@. i Abstract This study examines the educational effects of .