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題名 New Evidence on the Link Between Housing Environment and Children`s Educational Attainments
作者 Lien,Hsien-Ming; Wu,Wen-Chieh; Lin,Chu-Chia
貢獻者 政大財政系
關鍵詞 quantity–quality trade-off;housing;educational attainment
日期 2008-09
上傳時間 26-Aug-2013 16:10:46 (UTC+8)
摘要 There is extensive literature that posits the hypothesis that a better housing environment enhances a child`s educational attainment. However, there is little causal evidence demonstrating the presence of this effect. In this study, we examine the effect of housing environment on a child`s educational attainment using census files covering the entire population of Taiwan. Because the Taiwan census data contains unique address information for every household, we try to control the neighborhood effect and unobserved family heterogeneity by comparing a child with his peers of the same age cohort in the same neighborhood. After accounting for tens of thousand area dummies, the chance of high school enrollment for teens (aged 16 and 17) and college enrollment for young adults (aged 19 and 20) is found to be positively correlated with an increase in floor space, an increase in residential stability and with homeownership, but negatively correlated to an increase in housing crowdedness and an increase in building age. Among these housing variables, residential stability and homeownership are the ones generating the largest positive effects on the child`s schooling.
關聯 Journal of Urban Economics, 64, 408-421
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2008.03.002
dc.contributor 政大財政系en_US
dc.creator (作者) Lien,Hsien-Ming; Wu,Wen-Chieh; Lin,Chu-Chiaen_US
dc.date (日期) 2008-09en_US
dc.date.accessioned 26-Aug-2013 16:10:46 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 26-Aug-2013 16:10:46 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 26-Aug-2013 16:10:46 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/59148-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) There is extensive literature that posits the hypothesis that a better housing environment enhances a child`s educational attainment. However, there is little causal evidence demonstrating the presence of this effect. In this study, we examine the effect of housing environment on a child`s educational attainment using census files covering the entire population of Taiwan. Because the Taiwan census data contains unique address information for every household, we try to control the neighborhood effect and unobserved family heterogeneity by comparing a child with his peers of the same age cohort in the same neighborhood. After accounting for tens of thousand area dummies, the chance of high school enrollment for teens (aged 16 and 17) and college enrollment for young adults (aged 19 and 20) is found to be positively correlated with an increase in floor space, an increase in residential stability and with homeownership, but negatively correlated to an increase in housing crowdedness and an increase in building age. Among these housing variables, residential stability and homeownership are the ones generating the largest positive effects on the child`s schooling.en_US
dc.language.iso en_US-
dc.relation (關聯) Journal of Urban Economics, 64, 408-421en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) quantity–quality trade-off;housing;educational attainmenten_US
dc.title (題名) New Evidence on the Link Between Housing Environment and Children`s Educational Attainmentsen_US
dc.type (資料類型) articleen
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1016/j.jue.2008.03.002en_US
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2008.03.002en_US