How Social Insurance Affects Fertility Intentions - An Empirical Analysis Based on CGSS Data

Abstract

In order to build a fertility-friendly society and promote the long-term balanced development of the population, it is necessary to formulate a series of fertility support measures, including financial, tax and insurance measures, centered on fertility policies. Therefore, it is necessary to understand and grasp the mechanism of the impact of social security on fertility as well as the degree of impact. Through theoretical and empirical analysis, this paper studies and analyzes the impact of social insurance on fertility intention by using the data of China General Social Survey (CGSS) 2017, and tries to design a series of empirical tests on the effect of social insurance on fertility intention. Through the study, it is found that social insurance affects fertility intention through both substitution effect and income correspondence, and thus the direction and magnitude of the impact of social insurance on participants vary according to the protection. The findings of this paper help us to better understand the impact of social insurance on fertility intentions and provide empirical support and policy rationale for improving the social insurance support measures around fertility policies.