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This paper uses survey and experimental data from prison inmates and comparable non-inmates to examine the drivers of rising criminality in China. Consistent with socio-biological research on other species, we find that China's high sex-ratios are associated with greater risk-taking and...
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of the policy is more pronounced among couples who have higher fertility preferences and who are less sensitive to child …
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This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the … ordinary least squares estimates show a negative correlation between fertility and parental labor supply. Using twinning as a … natural experiment, we do not find evidence on the negative effects of fertility on parental labor supply. By contrast, we …
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Study, we identify adults of childbearing age whose fertility was reduced. We find LLF exposure increases the likelihood of … wife's parents residing in the same household. As expected in a patrilineal society, the increase in support is realized by …
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Despite empirical evidence that individuals form their fertility preferences by observing social norms and interactions … China Labor-force Dynamics Survey to investigate the association between community-level peer effects and fertility … fertility reduces the preference of wanting only one child by 14.3%, whereas it increases the probability of preferring three …
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We examine whether women exposed to China's one-child policy (OCP) change their fertility decisions when they migrate … to a country without fertility restrictions. Using American Community Survey data (2010-2020), we compare the …
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China introduced its world-famous One-Child Policy in 1979. However, its fertility appears to have declined even faster … Group in understanding the fertility decline since the early 1970s. In 1970, provinces gradually established an institution … province. We find provinces that formed the leading group earlier also experienced an earlier decline in the fertility rate …
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I first document that the introduction of the One Child Policy dramatically increased sex selection in certain regions, and that the Chinese government responded to this by allowing parents who had a daughter as their first child to try for a second child. Next, I show that the increase in...
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Does the number of future anticipated children affect educational investment in parents-to-be? In theory, anticipated children can affect the returns to education, the resources available for family consumption, and the incentives for pre-marital investment. Changes in the eligibility criteria...
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Chinese fertility and we examine how the OCP has affected the educational attainment of Chinese migrants to the U.S. Using …
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