我院陈相泼特聘副教授（第一作者）在SSCI经济学期刊《Review of Development Economics》发表论文“Cultural Roots of Son Preference: Evidence From Confucianism in China”。《Review of Development Economics》是Wiley旗下国际学术期刊，聚焦发展经济学议题，致力为发展中国家面临的经济问题提供见解。期刊属JCR经济学二区，最新影响因子2.2。
引用来源：Chen, X., Hu, X., & Xu, J. (2025). Cultural Roots of Son Preference: Evidence From Confucianism in China. Review of Development Economics, 70091.
全文链接：https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.70091。
01 论文题目
Cultural Roots of Son Preference: Evidence From Confucianism in China
02 论文摘要
This study addresses why the preference for sons persists in China despite rapid economic development and female empower- ment. By exploiting county-level variation in Confucian temple density, we find that Confucian culture has profoundly shaped gender preference in Chinese society. Specifically, one additional Confucian temple per 1000km2 is linked to a 0.011 rise in the male-to-female birth ratio, or about 2359 more boys per million births, based on a mean ratio of 1.154 at birth. Moreover, we ex- plore how Confucian culture has maintained its persistence. The New Culture Movement disrupted the cultural transmission of Confucian values, while the Hundred Days Reform had no measurable effect. These findings underscore the enduring presence of Confucian culture in modern Chinese society. Quantifying Confucian temple density as an indicator empirically confirms the enduring influence of cultural-geographic factors on gender preference, thus introducing an anthropological paradigm into development economics.
03 作者简介
陈相泼，博士，杭州电子科技大学经济学院特聘副教授，浙江省农业经济学会理事，研究聚焦发展经济学与劳动经济学领域，研究成果发表在《Energy Economics》、《China & World Economy》、《Economic Modelling》、《Applied Research in Quality of Life》、《Asian Studies Review》、《The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics》、《China Economic Review》、《Land Use Policy》、《中国农业大学学报》、《华中农业大学学报》等期刊。兼任《Energy Economics》、《China & World Economy》、《China Economic Review》、《Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics》、《Food Control》、《华中农业大学学报》等期刊匿名审稿人。曾获澳大利亚农业与资源经济学会（AARES）年度高引论文、亚洲社会心理学会（AASP）年度最佳论文等荣誉。参与编写的决策咨询获国家领导人批示2次。主持国家自然科学基金项目1项，浙江省哲学社会科学基金项目1项。
