Despite the perceived importance of labor market opportunities in shaping married women's outside option, and their … for men and women on both working and non-working women's decision making power. The implications for children's health … are also investigated. Using the differential effects of China's admission to the WTO across Mexican industries, I check …

This paper tests three hypotheses concerning intra-household resource allocation in rural China. First, whether … increasing the women's bargaining power alters household expenditure patterns. Second, whether households allocate fewer … resources to daughters than to sons. Third, whether increasing the bargaining power of women reduces pro-boy discrimination. We …

Son preference is widespread in a number of developing countries. Anecdotal evidence suggests that women may contribute …

In the late 1990s, China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) underwent dramatic labor retrenchment, drawing considerable … attention to how women fared relative to men during the retrenchment process. However, almost all the existing studies on the …

decisions to bargaining power. The argument is that women prefer less children than men, and that bargaining power influences …