Declining maternal fertility desire has been recognized as a key factor in understanding China’s sharp drop in realized … between maternal education and fertility desire in China. Our triple-difference strategy exploits the staggered implementation … and disparate enforcement intensity of China’s Compulsory Schooling Law (CSL) in urban and rural areas. We find that CSL …

In this paper we explore a serious eating disorder, bulimia nervosa (BN), which afflicts a surprising number of girls …; as are girls from low income families compared to middle and high income families. We use another data set to show that …-income girls are being under-diagnosed for BN. Our findings have important implications for public policy since they provide …