This paper documents an increasing intergenerational income persistence in China since economic reforms were introduced …

This paper first finds a clear pattern of child gender difference in family migration in China. Specifically, our … China's marriage market. This competitive-earning-incentive hypothesis is then supported by additional empirical evidence … capital development in China. …

This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the …

China's rapid growth was fueled by substantial physical capital investments applied to a large stock of medium skilled … the past decade, China has made substantial investments in producing it. The egalitarian access to medium skilled …. China's growth will be fostered by expanding access to all levels of education, reducing impediments to labor mobility, and …

In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy only applied to the Han …

We study the rise in marriages between residents of HK and China following the handover of HK to China in 1997. Cross … China and HK, marriages of HK men with Mainland women outnumbered those of HK women with mainland men sevenfold. Following …

Sex ratios (males to females) rose markedly in China in the last two decades, and crime rates nearly doubled. This … ratios ; crime ; one-child policy ; China …

This study finds that China's one-child policy (OCP), one of the most extreme forms of birth control in recorded … history, has amplified economic inequality across generations in China since its introduction in 1979. Poor Chinese families …