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Where Have All the Children Gone? An Empirical Study of Child Abandonment and Abduction in China
Bao, Xiaojia - 2019
In the past 40 years, a large number of children have been abandoned or abducted in China. We argue that the …, the cultural preference for sons in China has shaped unique gender-based patterns whereby a majority of the children who … trafficking in China.Institutional subscribers to the NBER working paper series, and residents of developing countries may …
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Early Health Shocks, Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, and Child Outcomes
Yi, Junjian - 2014
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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