Using the data from the 2013, 2015, and 2017 waves of the China Household Finance Survey, this paper explores the impact of participation in social pension insurance on household risky asset investment with the time-varying difference-in-difference model. The research findings indicate that, in...

We explore the link between child gender and household financial decisions within a cultural environment that strongly favours having a son. Using data from the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), we find that the presence of a daughter is associated with a lower saving rate, consistent with...