In this paper, we use new survey data on twins born in urban China, among whom many experienced the consequences of the …

China. Our OLS estimate shows that being a Party member increases earnings by 10%, but the within-twin-pair estimate becomes …

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 …

Sex ratios (males to females) rose markedly in China in the last two decades, and crime rates nearly doubled. This …

existing studies, we analyze the sources and causes of China's high and rising saving rates in the government, corporate, and … household sectors. Although the causes of China's high saving are complex, we suggest that the evolving economic, demographic …

In this paper we use a new data set describing households with and without twin children in China to quantify the trade … area of China, an extra child at parity one or at parity two, net of birthweight effects, significantly decreases the … deficit of twins. Despite the evident significant trade-off between number of children and child quality in China, however …

In this paper we use a new data set describing households with and without twin children in China to quantify the trade … area of China, an extra child at parity one or at parity two, net of birthweight effects, significantly decreases the … deficit of twins. Despite the evident significant trade-off between number of children and child quality in China, however …

We use unique data characterizing individual savings for twins and non-twins in urban China to examine why the savings … necessary to take into account inter-generational co-residence, an important phenomenon in China and in many developing … China, but also indicate that in urban China neither old-age support by the young nor the one-child policy are major factors. …

growth and schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People's Republic of China and …

Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic … development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …