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家庭關係網路對消費之影響

The Effect of Family Network on Household Consumption Behaviors

指導教授 : 王泓仁
共同指導教授 : 江淳芳(Chun-Fang Chiang)

摘要


家庭關係的重視以及親戚之間頻繁的互動是台灣社會普遍的現象,藉由傳統節日或是家族聚會等交流,家人能夠知悉彼此的偏好與需求,適時提供對方所需之援助。這種獨特的文化背景不僅具有相當分量的人文意涵,同時對於經濟活動也有顯著的影響力。 本篇論文探討家庭關係網路對於消費行為的影響,利用台灣中央研究院提供的華人家庭動態資料庫的問卷資料,並將所需資訊重新整理為以家戶單位來表示,接著假設家人之間的風險分散乃建立於家庭關係網路上,亦即其可降低個人特定的風險,使消費量在面對不確定時的下降幅度減小。本篇論文使用消費作為分析對象,假定若家庭關係網路越緊密,當面對不確定時,家庭的消費量較關係薄弱的家庭來的多。 實證研究方法乃利用追蹤資料 (Panel data) 的固定效果模型,和使用工具變數處理潛在的內生性問題,估計家庭關係網路如何影響家庭的消費行為。經過不同樣本的設定,研究結果皆為統計上顯著且印證本篇的假設:當家庭關係網路較好時,人們面對不確定的消費減量比有較差的家庭關係網路來的少。家人之間的聯繫程度與感情好壞確實能影響個人消費行為,透過彼此的互動而構成的家庭關係網路有助於分散不確定因素,達到類似保險的效果。家人緊密的關係與互助使得個人不需要再持有過多的儲蓄應付未來的不確定性,其可視為一種非正式的保險關係。在過去相關文獻的研究當中,本篇結論與Rosenzweig (1988) 相呼應,證明家庭之間的的互助能使個人的風險得以分散。

並列摘要


The strength of family bonds is important to a family’s economic behaviors. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that the family network provides insurance functions against idiosyncratic income risks by using Taiwanese household data. The insurance function of family networks can reduce household’s precautionary savings and thus increase the consumption level. Using the fixed effect models as well as the instrumental variable approach, the empirical results show that the members’ consumption level is increased if the family network is stronger. The stronger bonds between family members can reveal members’ preferences and information, and can lead to effective mutual assistance. Rosenzweig (1988) showed that, for countries with immature insurance market or distinct cultural traits, family networks offer an implicit insurance function on economic activities. The main finding in this paper corroborates the results presented by Rosenzweig (1988).

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