Economic and cultural influences on the decision to leave home in Peninsular Malaysia
Economic and cultural influences on the decision to leave home in Peninsular Malaysia
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经济和文化对离开马来西亚半岛决定的影响
作者：
Richard W. Johnson;J. Davanzo
尽管孩子离开父母的家是一个重要的生命周期事件，但很少有研究调查发展中国家的离巢行为。使用第二次马来西亚家庭生活调查的回顾数据，我们估计了马来西亚半岛离巢的危险模型。我们发现，孩子的离家，尤其是儿子的离巢，是对经济诱因的反应，包括住房成本、家庭企业、教育和经济增长，而且离巢的种族差异是重要的。我们还发现，在马来西亚社会和经济快速变化的过去40年里，离家年龄的中位数大幅下降。
Although the departure of children from the parental home is an important life-cycle event, few studies have investigated nest-leaving in developing countries. Using retrospective data from the Second Malaysian Family Life Survey, we estimate hazard models of nest-leaving in Peninsular Malaysia. We find that the departure of children, especially sons, responds to economic incentives, including housing costs, family businesses, education, and economic growth, and that ethnic differences in nest-leaving are important. We also find that the median age of departure from home has declined sharply over the past 40 years, a period of rapid social and economic change in Malaysia.