Costly Posturing: Relative Status, Ceremonies and Early Child Development in China

Presenting gifts at funerals, weddings, and other ceremonies held by fellow villagers have been regarded as social norms in Chinese villages for thousands of years. However, it is more burdensome for the poor to take part in these social occasions than fo

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Chen, Xi ; Zhang, Xiaobo
Institutions:	World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University
Subject:	relative social status \| squeeze effects \| food consumption \| stunting \| underweight

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Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number UNU-WIDER Research Paper WP2012/70 4 pages long
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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