A Matching Model of Co-Residence with a Family Network

Empirical Evidence from China

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ID9706174
AuthorsNaijia Guo (0000-0003-2580-1026, Chinese University of Hong Kong , China), Xiaoyu Xia (0009-0008-1860-6197, University of Essex), Junsen Zhang (0009-0009-2620-9834, Zhejiang University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume132
Issue648
Pages2873-2917
Publication date2022-11-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/ej/ueac043
OpenAlexW4289524414
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited38

We develop a co-residence model between young adults and the elderly as an application of the Shapley–Shubik–Becker bilateral matching framework. This model captures competition between adult children and between parents and parents-in-law. Using microdata from China, we estimate our model by using a network simulation method to fill in partially unobservable marriage links. We find that our model explains the child-side and parent-side competitions observed in the data better than two alternative multinomial logit models with only one-sided competition. In addition, counterfactual experiments quantify the effects of changes in the one-child policy and housing prices on intergenerational co-residence

China · Competition (biology · Counterfactual thinking · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Geography · Matching (statistics · Microdata (statistics · Multinomial logistic regression · Nested logit · Residence · Salience (neuroscience · Sociology · Statistics · Unobservable · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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