investment for girls. We test this empirically. To consider the endogenous nature of the demand for children, we exploit an …This study examines the relationship between fertility decline and the reversal/narrowing of the gender gap in literacy …/numeracy test scores. Drawing on Becker's Quantity-Quality (Q-Q) trade-off model, we propose that in a society such as China, where …

rising criminality in China. Consistent with socio-biological research on other species, we find that China's high sex …

migrant access to local health and education system a large cohort of migrant children are left-behind in rural villages and … growing up without parental care. This paper examines how parental migration affects children's health and education outcomes …. Using the Rural-Urban Migration Survey in China (RUMiC) data we are able to measure the share of children's lifetime during …

investment for girls. We test this empirically. To consider the endogenous nature of the demand for children, we exploit an …This study examines the relationship between fertility decline and the reversal/narrowing of the gender gap in literacy …/numeracy test scores. Drawing on Becker's Quantity-Quality (Q-Q) trade-off model, we propose that in a society such as China, where …

migrant access to local health and education system a large cohort of migrant children are left-behind in rural villages and … growing up without parental care. This paper examines how parental migration affects children's health and education outcomes …. Using the Rural-Urban Migration Survey in China (RUMiC) data we are able to measure the share of children's lifetime during …

label 'culture', change individuals' preferences and behaviour in mainland China. From 1949 China experienced dramatic … norms, including the promotion of gender equality in place of the Confucian view of female 'inferiority'. Market …-oriented reforms, begun in 1978, helped China achieve unprecedented economic growth and at the same time Marxist ideology was gradually …