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This paper documents an increasing intergenerational income persistence in China since economic reforms were introduced … also explore how changes in intergenerational income persistence is correlated with market reforms, economic development …
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attainment in China. We find a negative correlation between family size and child outcome, even after we control for the birth … effect of family size on children's education. We also find that the effect of family size is more evident in rural China …-quality tradeoff of children in developing countries. -- Quantity-quality tradeoff ; twins ; China …
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In this paper we use a new data set describing households with and without twin children in China to quantify the trade … area of China, an extra child at parity one or at parity two, net of birthweight effects, significantly decreases the … deficit of twins. Despite the evident significant trade-off between number of children and child quality in China, however …
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China. Our OLS estimate shows that being a Party member increases earnings by 10%, but the within-twin-pair estimate becomes … party membership ; China …
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In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy only applied to the Han …
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This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the …
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We study the rise in marriages between residents of HK and China following the handover of HK to China in 1997. Cross … China and HK, marriages of HK men with Mainland women outnumbered those of HK women with mainland men sevenfold. Following …
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An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks. Discussions usually focus on one dimension of child investment. This paper examines multiple dimensions using household survey data on Chinese child twins whose average age is 11. We...
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structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under … investigated in the context of household saving decisions in China. -- household saving ; one-child policy ; demographic structure … ; cohort analysis ; China …
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Sex ratios (males to females) rose markedly in China in the last two decades, and crime rates nearly doubled. This … ratios ; crime ; one-child policy ; China …
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