Abstract
In this paper, we use the cross-sectional data from the China Family Panel Survey (CFPS) in 2014 and use logit model and OLS regression model to analyze the effects of marriage events and marriage consumption on household poverty. The empirical research results of this article once again verify the existence of the phenomenon of “marriage lead to poverty”. Specifically, in contrast to families without a marriage event, if the family has a marriage event, the probability of the family becoming a poor household will increase by 28.7%. The abnormally high marriage consumption is actually the phenomenon of exploitation between families and between generations. The serious marriage burden it brings to the family cannot be ignored. In view of this, we must actively guide people to establish a correct view of marriage and formulate relevant laws and regulations in order to get rid of this bad customs of marriage.
Highlights
In recent years, with China’s social and economic development, gender imbalance, and a large number of women’s marriage moves, marriage costs and bride price of marriage in some parts of China, especially in impoverished rural areas, have skyrocketed
We use the cross-sectional data from the China Family Panel Survey (CFPS) in 2014 and use logit model and OLS regression model to analyze the effects of marriage events and marriage consumption on household poverty
In contrast to families without a marriage event, if the family has a marriage event, the probability of the family becoming a poor household will increase by 28.7%
Summary
With China’s social and economic development, gender imbalance, and a large number of women’s marriage moves, marriage costs and bride price of marriage in some parts of China, especially in impoverished rural areas, have skyrocketed. In order to stop the winds of astronomical prices, the National Health and Family Planning Commission, the Central Civilization Office and other departments stressed: “The governments at all levels will strengthen their guidance, advocating simple marriage and opposition to arranged marriages, illegal early marriages, large-scale operations of marriages, and obtaining property through marriage.” It directly criticized the phenomenon of high bride price of marriages, high-profile wedding, and blind comparisons [2]. This high amount of gift and competition is still corrupting the social atmosphere, making the pure love to be alienated by money, and the marriage of the children has become the most extravagant consumption in many families’ lives. This paper will use data from the 2014 China Family Panel Survey (CFPS) to verify whether family marriage has affected family poverty through statistical models
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