超越经济扶持之手:父代支持对子代生育意愿的影响OA

Exploring individuals'fertility intentions is essential for understanding the fundamental drivers of demographic structural transformation,as such intentions are shaped by external socioeconomic condi-tions,familial relationships,and personal value systems.Against the backdrop of China's severe demo-graphic challenges-including persistently low fertility rates,accelerating population aging,and declining working-age populations-examining how parental intergenerational support influences offspring's fertil-ity intentions,and identifying the actual support needs of contemporary individuals of childbearing age,is critical to advancing high-quality population development.Drawing on data from the 2022 China Family Panel Studies(CFPS),this study investigates how distinct forms of parental intergenerational support-namely,economic support,caregiving support,and emotional support-affect offspring's fertility inten-tions.Employing an Ordinary Least Squares(OLS)regression framework-with individual-and house-hold-level characteristics included as control variables-we assess both the existence and magnitude of these effects,as well as the underlying mechanisms through which they operate.The empirical results re-veal that different types of parental support exert heterogeneous effects on fertility intentions:caregiving support and emotional support significantly and positively influence offspring's intended fertility,whereas economic support exhibits no statistically significant association.Moreover,these effects vary systemati-cally across subgroups defined by age,urban-rural residence,and household per capita income-high-lighting substantial heterogeneity in responsiveness to intergenerational support.Consequently,fertility-enhancing policies must move beyond one-size-fits-all approaches and instead be carefully tailored to reflect the diverse socioeconomic contexts and support needs of individuals of childbearing age.