讲座题目：Me After You: Spousal Death and Economic Adjustments in a Developing Economy（你走之后：发展中经济体中丧偶事件与经济应对机制）

主讲嘉宾：Saisawat Samutpradit（大阪大学 助理教授）

讲座时间：2025年7月7日（周一）上午10:00

讲座地点：3044永利集团402会议室

摘要：This study examines the economic impact of spousal death in a developing country context, using panel data from Thailand and a staggered difference-in-differences design. We found that widow households experienced a decline in non-household transfers, while widower households did not. Despite this, both groups maintained stable earned income and staple consumption through several coping mechanisms. Widows took over household businesses, while widowers reduced work. Both cases relied more on children through increased coresidency. Widow households also received temporary inter-household transfers. Results suggest survivors primarily depend on informal support, underscoring the need to strengthen formal safety nets.

本研究基于泰国的面板数据，采用交错双重差分方法，系统评估了配偶去世对家庭经济状况的影响。研究发现，丧偶女性家庭的非家庭转移收入显著减少，而丧偶男性家庭则未出现类似变化。尽管面临转移性收入下降，两类家庭均通过多种应对机制维持了劳动收入与主食消费的基本稳定。具体而言，丧偶女性往往接手家庭经营活动，丧偶男性则倾向于减少工作时长。此外，两类家庭均显著增加了与子女的共同居住率，以获取家庭内部支持；丧偶女性家庭还获得了一定程度的跨家庭临时转移。研究表明，丧偶家庭主要依赖非正式支持网络维持经济稳定，凸显了在发展中经济体中加强正式社会保障体系的必要性。

嘉宾介绍：Saisawat Samutpradit is an Assistant Professor at the University of Osaka. Her primary research interests are in labor and development economics. She received her PhD in Economics from the University of Tokyo in 2023. Her work has been published in Journal of Development Economics.

Saisawat Samutpradit，日本大阪大学助理教授，2023年于东京大学获经济学博士学位，主要研究领域为劳动和发展经济学，研究成果发表于Journal of Development Economics。