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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

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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 paper examines whether the two are causally linked. High sex ratios imply fewer married men, and marriage has been conjectured to be a socializing force. Our paper exploits the...

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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 Chinese but not to minorities, this unique affirmative policy allows us to identify the causal effect of the one-child policy on the increase in sex ratios by a...

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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 - 2010

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Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes : evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese Twins

Rosenzweig, Mark Richard; Zhang, Junsen - 2012

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …

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Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins

Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - 2012

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …

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Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes : evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese twins

Rosenzweig, Mark Richard; Zhang, Junsen - 2012

development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …, and/or nutritional improvements that are the result of economic development and growth. -- schooling ; gender ; twins …

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Sectoral Gender Wage Differentials and Discrimination in the Transitional Chinese Economy

Liu, Pak Wai; Meng, Xin; Zhang, Junsen - 2014

China's economic reform has affected various ownership sectors to different degree. A comparison of gender wage … to examine the gender wage gap across the three sectors. It is found that privatization/marketization of the economy … that the relative share of discrimination in the overall gender wage differential declines substantially across ownership …

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Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes : Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins

Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - 2012

development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014172639

Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes : Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins

Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - 2013

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160775