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This paper explores gendered patterns of time use as an explanatory factor behind fertility trends in the developed world. We review the theoretical foundations for this link, and assess the existing evidence suggesting that a more equal division of labor within the home leads to more children,...
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High-income countries have generally experienced falling fertility in recent decades. In most of these countries, the total fertility rate is now below the level that implies a stable population in the long run. This has led to concerns among economists, policymakers, and the wider public about...
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China initiated its family planning policy in 1962 and one-child policy in 1980 and allows all couples to have two … children as of 1st January, 2016. This paper systematically examines the labor market consequences of China's family planning … policies. First, we briefly review the major historical evolution of China's family planning policies. Second, we investigate …
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rising criminality in China. Consistent with socio-biological research on other species, we find that China's high sex …
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exploit a different source of exogenous variation in family size. The One Child Policy (OCP) in China dramatically reduced …
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the human capital investment in girls in contemporary China when institutional arrangements result in high costs of …
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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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In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy only applied to the Han …
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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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This study finds that China's one-child policy (OCP), one of the most extreme forms of birth control in recorded … history, has amplified economic inequality across generations in China since its introduction in 1979. Poor Chinese families …
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