Journal of Labour Economics (노동경제논집)

The Korean Labor Economic Association (한국노동경제학회)
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The Effect of Parental Experience: Evidence from Birth Month Based on Birth Order

부모 경험 효과: 출생순위에 따른 출생월 분석

  • Received : 2019.01.21
  • Accepted : 2019.03.19
  • Published : 2019.03.31
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Abstract

When parental experience improves parenting skills, parents are likely to behave in favor of children of higher birth orders. To examine this hypothesis, this study analyzes birth month based on birth order of children in South Korea where parents prefer to have babies in the earlier months of a year. This study finds that while more babies are born in the earlier months, second-born children are more likely to be so than first children. This implies that parental experience makes for better parents.

한국에서 신생아는 연초에 가장 많이 태어난다. 이것이 부모가 의도한 것이면 아이를 연초에 낳을 확률은 부모 경험이 없는 첫째 아이 때보다 부모 경험이 있는 둘째 아이 때 더 높을 것이다. 본고는 이를 분석하는 것이 목적이다. 분석 결과, 신생아가 11-12월 대비 1-2월에 태어날 확률은 둘째가 맏이보다 3.4% 높고, 12월 대비 1월에 태어날 확률은 둘째가 4.3% 높다. 이는 아이가 연초에 태어나도록 임신 시기를 조절하거나 출산 시기를 조절할 확률이 부모 경험으로 인해 맏이보다 둘째 때 더 큼을 의미한다.

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