Mental health problems among the elderly have attracted increasing attention. The most serious mental health problems may result in suicide, and lack of family companionship is often speculated to be a major cause. In this paper, we use high-frequency suicide rate data and utilize a novel...

Unlike other economies, family businesses in China are greatly affected by the derived Confucian culture, excessive marketization, as well as the seemingly endless institutional supervision by a transitional Chinese government. China has a strong historical legacy, devoted to patriarchal values...

1. Introduction -- 2. Household and Family -- 3. Family: economic, social, and educational functions -- 4. Characteristics of the Chinese family system -- 5. Society and family clans in modern China -- 6. Transformation of family clans in modern China and the rise of family enterprises -- 7. The...