Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/215228 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12832
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Although the strong positive correlation between parental educational expectations (PEE) and child academic achievement is widely documented, little is known about PEE's effects on child psychological outcomes and the mechanisms through which it may work. Hence, in this paper, using nationally representative data from the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 waves of the China Education Panel Survey, we investigate PEE's causal impact on adolescent subjective well-being (SWB) and the moderating role of the academic pressures that these adolescents perceive. Even though we find robust evidence for a positive causal relation between PEE and adolescent SWB, its moderation by adolescent-perceived academic pressure is negative. In addition, the facts that the benefits of PEE are greater for female adolescents and those from immigrant, one-child, and nonpoor families suggests that it may operate on adolescent SWB through increased family resources, improved family relationships, and higher adolescent aspirations linked to higher PEE.
Subjects: 
China
parental educational expectations
adolescents
subjective well-being
JEL: 
I21
I30
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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