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We analyze the tradeoff between child quantity and quality in developing countries by estimating the effect of family size on child education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in the late 1990s, the mayor of Manila enacted a municipal...
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attainment in China. We find a negative correlation between family size and child outcome, even after we control for the birth … effect of family size on children's education. We also find that the effect of family size is more evident in rural China …, where the public education system is poor. Given that our estimates of the effect of twinning on non-twins at least provide …
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In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy only applied to the Han …
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This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the …
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In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy only applied to the Han …
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This paper tests the effects of fertility on household structure and parental labor supply in rural China. To solve the …
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This paper reexamines the issue of whether China's birth control policy induces more human capital investments per … child. Rosenzweig and Zhang(2009) found there was significant tradeoff between number of children and child quality in China … thus concluded that the contribution of China's one-child policy to the development of its human capital was modest at best …
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. It is widely believed that China's one-child policy promotes the human capital level of the new generation. According to … the whole story, because another crucial factor relates to which segment of the population is reduced. China's one … theory. Then we empirically prove that China's one-child policy induced a much higher rural birth rate, implying a negative …
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This paper investigates the net impact of birth control policy in China on educational attainment of the partially … rising educational gap between ethnic minorities and majorities in China. …
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What is the impact of China's One-Child Policy on the labor market outcomes of the only children that it engendered … market. Our results deliver important insights for China as only children continue to dominate its labor force at a rapid …
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