This paper provides non-parametric estimates of the total effects of famine in China on marital behavior of famine …

China has achieved impressive growth over the last three decades. However, there has been debate over the sources of … quantifying their contributions to growth. In this paper, we develop a three-sector dynamic model to quantify the sources of China … continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved …

their schooling investments in rural China. The main estimate implies that when a son receives one yuan less in schooling …