In this paper, I study the dynamic delegation problem in a principal-agent model wherein an agent privately observes a persistently evolving state, and the principal commits to actions based on the agent's reported state. There are no transfers. While the agent has state-independent preferences,...

Though the positive income gradient of child health is well documented in developed countries, evidence from developing countries is rare. Few studies attempt to identify a causal link between family income and child health. Utilizing unique longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition...

China introduced its world-famous One-Child Policy in 1979. However, its fertility appears to have declined even faster in the early 1970s than it did after 1979. In this study, we highlight the importance of the Family Planning Leading Group in understanding the fertility decline since the...

This paper studies human-capital spillovers and its persistence by exploiting a unique event in modern China

[Background:] There is currently no information about the prevalence of, and factors contributing to psychological distress experienced by re-education through labour camp detainees in China. [Methods:] A cross-sectional face-to-face survey was conducted in three labour camps in Guangxi, China....

[Objective:] HIV testing is mandatory in re-education-through-labour camps (laojiaosuo) in China yet no studies have reported on the process. [Methods:] The survey response rate was 100% although 29 detainees were excluded because they were under 18 years of age. A cross-sectional face-to-face...