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 …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 …Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic …

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the … dizygotic twins. In these cases, the two children are born at the same time, so parents cannot make decisions about one twin …

. Interestingly, the Adolescent Motherhood, Human Capital, Child Development, Cognition, Health, Nutrition, Gender, Parenting effect …

growth and schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People's Republic of China and …This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … nutritional advantage - and schooling outcomes to make inferences about the relationships between specific aspects of economic …

in China. Exploiting province and time variation, we find a strong positive impact on cognition for girls and no effects … for boys. For non-cognitive skills, we find the opposite. We show in a simple model of parental investment that gender … preferences can explain our findings. Analyses exploiting within the province, village-level variation in gender attitudes confirm …

in China. Exploiting province and time variation, we find a strong positive impact on cognition for girls and no effects … for boys. For non-cognitive skills, we find the opposite. We show in a simple model of parental investment that gender … preferences can explain our findings. Analyses exploiting within the province, village-level variation in gender attitudes confirm …

Economists have long recognized the important role of formal schooling and cognitive skills on labor market … children from one of China's poorest provinces, we find that both cognitive and noncognitive skills, measured when children are … schooling, there is no strong evidence that skills measured in childhood predict wages in the early years of labor market …