台灣婦女勞動供給實證研究之發展

The Evolution of the Empirical Study of Taiwan's Female Labor Supply

莊慧玲(Hwei-Lin Chuang) ； 林世昌(Eric S. Lin)

《經濟論文叢刊》 34卷2期 (2006/06) Pp. 119-172

https://doi.org/10.6277/ter.2006.342.1

摘要

本文以計量方法的比較為主軸來進行台灣婦女勞動供給實證文獻的回顧，並利用「人力運用調查」及「婦女婚育與就業調查」兩組原始資料庫，進行自1979年至2003年間台灣婦女勞動供給的實證分析。本文的文獻回顧發現，就研究主題而言，有關婦女勞動供給的研究面向趨向多樣性。此外，對婦女勞動供給課題有研究興趣之學者涵蓋經濟、社會、教育等領域，使婦女勞動供給的研究深度與廣度得以拓展，非常有助於吾人對台灣婦女勞動供給行為更為深入而全面之瞭解。本研究實證結果指出，就第一代與第二代計量方法之比較而言，不同資料庫之估計結果比較沒有顯著的差別，但是不同計量方法所得到之估計結果，不論從係數符號與顯著水準來看，差異較為明顯。本文亦發現設算工作經驗變數可能產生的線性重合問題所造成的影響是不容忽視的。最後我們也提出使用無參數計量方法以及估計「平均處理效果」的後續研究方向。

關鍵字

婦女勞動供給 ； 計量方法 ； 人力運用調查 ； 婦女婚育與就業調查

並列摘要

The purpose of this study is to survey the empirical literature concerning the labor supply of married women in Taiwan by focusing on the comparison of the econometric methods, and then to estimate the labor supply function for married women in Taiwan from the year 1979 to 2001 based on the data from the Manpower Utilization Survey and the Women's Marriage, Fertility, and Employment Survey. The survey of the empirical literature indicates that the study of the female labor supply in Taiwan has expanded its diversity in research area and research focus. This development is of great help in understanding the labor supply decision for women in Taiwan. Moreover, the empirical analysis of the labor supply behavior for Taiwanese women from 1979 to 2001 suggests that the estimation results are more sensitive to the choice of the econometric method than the difference in data sets. It is also found that the potential multicollinearity problem of using the proxy work experience variable is non-negligible. We conclude this analysis by pointing out that the non-parametric estimation approach and the application of the average treatment effect to study the policy effect are two worthwhile directions for future research on female labor supply.

並列關鍵字

female labor supply ； econometric method ； manpower utilization survey ； women's marriage ； fertility and employment survey

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