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Fertility, household structure, and parental labor supply : evidence from rural China
Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - 2015
This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the … ordinary least squares estimates show a negative correlation between fertility and parental labor supply. Using twinning as a … natural experiment, we do not find evidence on the negative effects of fertility on parental labor supply. By contrast, we …
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The child quantity-quality trade-off
Guo, Rufei; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - 2022
the traditional agricultural economy to modern economic growth, household real income increases, fertility decreases, and … twin births, child sex composition, and family planning policies, to identify the causal effect of fertility on child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013186743
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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 forced mass rustication movement of the Chinesecultural revolution," to identify the distinct roles of altruism and guilt in affecting behavior within families. Based on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264883
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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 forced mass rustication movement of the Chinesecultural revolution,ʺ to identify the distinct roles of altruism and guilt in affecting behavior within families. Based on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811060
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Sex Ratios and Crime: Evidence from China
Edlund, Lena; Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 95 (2013) 5, pp. 1520-1534
Since the introduction of the one-child policy in China in 1979, many more boys than girls have been born, foreshadowing a sizable bride shortage. What do young men unable to find wives do? This paper focuses on criminality, an asocial activity that has seen a marked rise since the mid-1990s....
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More Men, More Crime: Evidence from China’s One-Child Policy
Edlund, Lena; Zhang, Junsen; Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Crime rates almost doubled in China between 1992 and 2004. Over the same period, sex ratios (males to females) in the crime-prone ages of 16-25 years rose sharply, from 1.053 to 1.093. Although scarcity of females is commonly believed to be a source of male antisocial behavior, a causal link has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233839
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Altruism, Favoritism, and Guilt in the Allocuation of Family Resources: Sophie's Choice in Mao's Mass Send Down Movement
Li, Hongbin; Rosenzweig, Mark; Zhang, Junsen - Economic Growth Center, Economics Department - 2008
In this paper, we use new survey data on twins born in urban China, among whom many experienced the consequences of the forced mass rustication movement of the Chinese “cultural revolution,” to identify the distinct roles of altruism and guilt in affecting behavior within families. Based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357724
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Altruism, Favoritism, and Guilt in the Allocation of Family Resources : Sophie's Choice in Mao's Mass Send Down Movement
Hongbin, Li; Rosenzweig, Mark R.; 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 forced mass rustication movement of the Chinese "cultural revolution," to identify the distinct roles of altruism and guilt in affecting behavior within families. Based on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214470
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More Men, More Crime : Evidence from China's One-Child Policy
Edlund, Lena; Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - 2021
Crime rates almost doubled in China between 1992 and 2004. Over the same period, sex ratios (males to females) in the crime-prone ages of 16-25 years rose sharply, from 1.053 to 1.093. Although scarcity of females is commonly believed to be a source of male antisocial behavior, a causal link has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325231
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Long-Term Effects Of The 1959-1961 China Famine: Mainland China and Hong Kong
Edlund, Lena; Li, Hongbin; Zhang, Junsen; Almond, Douglas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 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:...
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