Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This paper focuses on micro-level Chinese households and studies the impact of parental marriage age on the education outcomes of their children, utilizing data from the China Family Panel Studies (2020). Through OLS model regression, it is found that parents who get married later are better prepared to have children, marital stability is also stronger, and their children have a longer education period. But this positive effect will turn negative after the age of marriage exceeds 30. Further analysis reveals that parental age at marriage has a heterogeneous effect on their children's educational attainment, which means mothers have a more significant impact on their children's education outcomes than fathers.
Source: PLoS ONE
Authors: Bohui Yuan, Yanping Pu
Institution: Chongqing University
Language: English
Subfield: Demography
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,382
OpenAlex ID: W4410155019