Mother Accompanying School,Intensive Motherhood and their Fertility Effects—Evidence from Rural Mothers in China
As an educational venture capital for rural families to help their young children obtain better educational opportuni-ties,accompanying school behavior confines a large number of young mothers in their families,burdening them with a heavy burden of parenting and thus suppressing their desire to have children.The article is based on the perspective of changes in investment strategies for rural family education,using CFPS data to empirical examine the impact and mechanism of accompa-nying school behavior on rural mothers'fertility willingness.The research results indicate that:(1)The accompanying school behavior has significantly suppressed the fertility willingness of rural mothers.Rural mothers who have experience of accom-panying school have significantly weaker fertility desire than rural mothers who have not.The research conclusion remains ro-bust.(2)Mechanism analysis found that the"intensive motherhood"practice of rural mothers in the process of accompanying school significantly leaded to increased their mental stress,suppressing their willingness to have multiple children.(3)Fur-ther evidence suggests that there is a spillover effect of the negative impact of accompanying school on rural mothers'fertility intentions.That is,for rural married women of childbearing age who did not choose accompanying school,their fertility inten-tions will be negatively affected by the experiences of accompanying school mothers in the same village.(4)Heterogeneity analysis found that regardless of where children attend school,accompanying school has a universal inhibitory effect on rural mothers'willingness to have children.Based on this,the key to increasing the fertility willingness of farmers lies in ensuring the balanced allocation of urban and rural education resources,promoting the return of educational responsibility to schools,reduce the parenting burden of rural families,and being vigilant against the negative effect of rural social interaction.
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