Poh Lin, Jennifer Tan
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Publication Fortunes of Dragons: Cohort Size Effects on Life Outcomes (Fortunes of Dragons)(Taylor & Francis, 2020-10-26) Sumit Agarwal; Qian Wenlan; Sing Tien Foo; Tan Poh Lin; REAL ESTATE; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY; FINANCEPublication The impact of school entry laws on female education and teenage fertility(Springer New York LLC, 2017-04-01) Tan P.L.; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYThe literature on school entry laws in the USA suggests that school entry laws affect educational success in offsetting ways, where students born after the entry cutoff date tend to achieve higher test scores yet complete fewer years of schooling. However, the laws have little impact on a number of other outcomes, including fertility, wages, and employment. This paper has two goals. First, using a North Carolina dataset which individually links birth certificate data to school administrative records, it more fully explores the opposite impacts on educational success than previous papers and investigates why students born after the cutoff date have lower educational attainment despite doing better in school. Second, it investigates the impact of school entry laws on teenage fertility and provides some evidence that test scores and years of education have negative impacts, but that these impacts offset each other in the case of school entry laws. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.Publication Changes in Frequency and Patterns of Martial Sexual Activity During COVID-19 Evidence from Longitudinal Data Prior to, During and After Lockdown in Singapore(2021-12-12) TAN, Poh Lin; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYPublication Stress, fatigue, and sexual spontaneity among married couples in a high-stress society: Evidence from sex diary data from Singapore(Springer Nature, 2020-10-26) Tan Poh Lin; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYPublication Weathering the Storm: Longitudinal Evidence on Women's Changing Family Relationships During COVID-19(SAGE, 2022-05-30) JW Lim-Soh; Poh Lin Tan; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYThe massive socioeconomic changes wrought by COVID-19 have disrupted multiple aspects of family life. However, evidence is still lacking on the sustained long-term impact of the pandemic and how families are adapting to this new normal. This article studies changes in women's family relationships against the backdrop of evolving COVID-19 public health responses, and investigates the adverse effects of working from home, income loss, and anxiety about the virus. We survey 356 Singaporean mothers over four waves: a baseline in April-July 2018 and follow-ups in May, June, and November 2020. Results suggest that while some family relationships suffered during the early days of the crisis, most families displayed resilience in the long-term. Nevertheless, a substantial minority continued to report worsened relationships. Mother's work from home status and father's income loss emerged as significant predictors of change in family relationships, highlighting the gendered nature of adaptation to crisis.Publication Long-term effects of air pollution on Singapore’s national university admissions(Taylor & Francis, 2023-02-10) Sumit Agarwal; Tan Poh Lin; Jie-Sheng Tan-Soo; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY; FINANCEWe investigate long-term impacts of exposure to four episodes of haze pollution on national university admission outcomes in Singapore. We find that compared to the unexposed groups, those who were exposed in-utero during the haze episodes of April 1977 and October 1983 obtained significantly lower admission scores and faced lower admission rates to university, with more severe effects for females. However, we do not detect negative effects among those who were exposed in the haze episodes of October 1991, August to October 1994 and August to October 1997 – which were arguably more severe pollution events. These findings present a more nuanced view of the long-term effects of exposure air pollution: while results from the first two episodes show that the long-term impacts are persistent over time, results from the latter three episodes suggest that negative impacts can possibly be mitigated due to economic development and protective measures.Publication Dual Burdens of Care: "Sandwiched Couples" in East Asia(SAGE Publications Inc., 2018-12-01) Tan P.L.; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYObjective: To estimate proportions of married couples aged 30 to 59 years who face simultaneous demands from elderly parents and children in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, and the effects on couples’ life and marital satisfaction. Method: Using data from the 2006 East Asian Social Survey, proportions of sandwiched couples were estimated using three definitions: co-residence, co-residence or nearby residence, and co-residence or frequent provision of financial/physical assistance. Logistic regression models were used to assess the effects on life and marital satisfaction. Results: Three-generational co-residence is more common in Taiwan and Japan (24.3% and 21.4%), whereas co-residence or provision for both generations is higher in Taiwan and Korea (53.7% and 44.5%). The strain of being sandwiched is associated with lower life and marital satisfaction only among women. Discussion: Intergenerational transfers of care play a major role in elderly support in East Asia but take a toll on the well-being of married women. © The Author(s) 2018.Publication Sibling Spillovers: Having an Academically Successful Older Sibling May be More Important for Children in Disadvantaged Families(Elsevier BV, 2020-06-26) Tan Poh Lin, Jennifer; Zang, Emma; Cook, Philip J; Dr Tan Poh Lin, Jennifer; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYThis paper examines causal sibling spillover effects among socially advantaged (e.g. white, two-parent, or non-poor school district) and disadvantaged families (e.g. black, single-mother, or poor school district) in elementary and middle school. Exploiting discontinuities in school starting age created by North Carolina school entry laws, we adopt a quasi-experimental approach and compare test scores of public school students whose older siblings were born shortly before and after the school entry cutoff date. We find that individuals whose older siblings were born shortly after the school entry cutoff date have significantly higher scores in middle school, and that this positive spillover effect is particularly large among disadvantaged families. We estimate that these spillover effects account for more than one third of observed statistical associations in test scores between siblings, and the magnitude is much larger for disadvantaged families than advantaged families. Our results suggest that educational spillover effects from older to younger siblings lead to greater divergence in academic outcomes between families.Publication A Case for "Reverse One-Child" Policies in Japan and South Korea? Examining the Link Between Education Costs and Lowest-Low Fertility(Springer Netherlands, 2016-06-01) Tan P.L.; Morgan S.P.; Zagheni E.; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYHousehold spending on children’s pre-tertiary education is exceptionally high in Japan and South Korea, and has been cited as a cause of low fertility. Previous research attributes this high spending to a cultural emphasis on education in East Asian countries. In this paper, we argue that institutional factors, namely higher education and labor market systems, play an important role in reinforcing the pressure on parents to invest in their children’s education. We review evidence showing that graduating from a prestigious university has very high economic and social returns in Japan and South Korea, and examine the implications for fertility within the framework of quantity–quality models. Finally, we put forward ‘reverse one-child’ policies that directly address the unintended consequences of these institutional factors on fertility. These policies have the additional virtues of having very low fiscal requirements and reducing social inequality. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.Publication Access to Ovulation Tests and Strategic Timing of Intercourse in a Low Fertility Context(Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2023-01-26) Tan Poh Lin; Jeremy W Lim-Soh; LEE KUAN YEW SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY