Household size in rural China has seen a shrinking trend in the past decades. This has been attributed to the one … imbalance has significant positive effects on the probability of married women living apart from parents-in-law. This effect is … stronger in rural China than in urban China. This paper sheds light on the driving forces of shrinking household size in rural …

This paper considers the relationship between work status and decision-making power of the head of household and his … spouse. I use household fixed effects models to address the possibility that spousal work status may be correlated with … resources yield greater bargaining power, I find that the spouse of the head of household is more likely to be involved in …

-in-differences style identification strategy and a model with household fixed effects. The results suggest that while a migrant household … greater authority for the head of household. …

the household is an important factor that should be considered when analyzing household decisions. …