THESIS
2014
x, 114 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Abstract
This dissertation comprises three papers related to the changes of marriage and family in
China. Using quantitative analysis and data from different nationally-representative survey, I
examine the cohabitation, marriage entry, and motherhood penalty in China, paying close
attention to the interaction between individual family events and macro-level social changes.
The first paper focuses on cohabitation. Through exploring the prevalence, social correlates,
and consequences of cohabitation, this paper provides empirical evidence of the Second
Demographic Transition in China. The second paper examines the effects of demographic
and socioeconomic determinants of entry into marriage in urban China spanning the past six
decades. This paper finds substantial changes in determinants of...[
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This dissertation comprises three papers related to the changes of marriage and family in
China. Using quantitative analysis and data from different nationally-representative survey, I
examine the cohabitation, marriage entry, and motherhood penalty in China, paying close
attention to the interaction between individual family events and macro-level social changes.
The first paper focuses on cohabitation. Through exploring the prevalence, social correlates,
and consequences of cohabitation, this paper provides empirical evidence of the Second
Demographic Transition in China. The second paper examines the effects of demographic
and socioeconomic determinants of entry into marriage in urban China spanning the past six
decades. This paper finds substantial changes in determinants of marriage, suggesting that the
marital behavior in China should be understood within a broader context of institutional
changes. The third paper explores the variation of motherhood wage penalty by living
arrangement in China. The results show that the wage loss of having children varied
substantially by different coresidence pattern, implying that the motherhood penalty should
be considered in both nuclear families and extended families. Taken together, based on the
idea that it is important to understand the individual family behavior within a broader context
of social changes, the three paper of this dissertation shed new light on family changes in
China.
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