TITLE:
Will Grandparents’ Co-Residence Inhibit Grandchildren’s Educational Performance?
AUTHORS:
Zhi Geng
KEYWORDS:
Grandparents, Co-Residence, Children, Educational Performance, PSM Method
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.11 No.2,
February
20,
2020
ABSTRACT: This paper explores the impact of grandparents’ and
children’s co-residence on children’s educational performance by using data
from the 2014 Chinese Family Tracking Survey. Taking 10 - 15 years old children
as the research object, this paper conducts an empirical study through an
educational output value-added model, and uses Propensity Score Matching (PSM) method
to solve the endogenous problem. The overall regression result shows that co-residence
between grandparents and children significantly reduced children’s educational
performance. On the one hand, due to the co-residence of grandparents, children’s
parents need to bear a heavier burden of family care and the time invested by
parents for children’s education decreased significantly; on the other hand,
the co-residence of grandparents has reduced the family’s per capita income,
and the family has significantly reduced education expenditures for children in
the lower grades.