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Long-Term Effects of the 1959-1961 China Famine : Mainland China and Hong Kong
Almond, Douglas; Edlund, Lena; Li, Hongbin; Zhang, Junsen - 2021
This paper estimates the effects of maternal malnutrition exploiting the 1959-1961 Chinese famine as a natural experiment. In the 1% sample of the 2000 Chinese Census, we find that fetal exposure to acute maternal malnutrition had compromised a range of socioeconomic outcomes, including:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013217964
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Long-term effects of early-life development : evidence from the 1959 to 1961 China famine
Almond, Douglas; Edlund, Lena; Li, Hongbin; Zhang, Junsen - In: The economic consequences of demographic change in East …, (pp. 321-345). 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008935993
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Long-term effects of the 1959-1961 China famine : mainland China and Hong Kong
Almond, Douglas; Edlund, Lena; Li, Hongbin; Zhang, Junsen - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003546239
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Long-Term Effects Of The 1959-1961 China Famine : Mainland China and Hong Kong
Almond, Douglas - 2007
This paper estimates the effects of maternal malnutrition exploiting the 1959-1961 Chinese famine as a natural experiment. In the 1% sample of the 2000 Chinese Census, we find that fetal exposure to acute maternal malnutrition had compromised a range of socioeconomic outcomes, including:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465266
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Pandemics, global supply chains and local labor demand : evidence from 100 million posted jobs in China
Fang, Hanming; Ge, Chunmian; Huang, Hanwei; Li, Hongbin - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487137
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Altruism, favoritism, and guilt in the allocation of family resources: Sophie's choice in Mao's mass send down movement
Li, Hongbin; Rosenzweig, Mark Richard; Zhang, Junsen - 2008
In this paper, we use new survey data on twins born in urban China, among whom many experienced the consequences of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264883
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Economic returns to Communist Party membership: evidence from urban Chinese twins
Li, Hongbin; Liu, Pak Wai; Zhang, Junsen; Ma, Ning - 2006
China. Our OLS estimate shows that being a Party member increases earnings by 10%, but the within-twin-pair estimate becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268047
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The quantity-quality tradeoff of children in a developing country: identification using Chinese twins
Li, Hongbin; Zhang, Junsen; Zhu, Yi - 2007
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268272
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Sex ratios and crime: evidence from China's one-child policy
Edlund, Lena; Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - 2007
Sex ratios (males to females) rose markedly in China in the last two decades, and crime rates nearly doubled. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268641
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Estimating the effect of the one-child policy on sex ratio imbalance in China: Identification based on the difference-in-differences
Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - 2010
In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy only applied to the Han …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285513