In this paper we estimate the causal effect of having brothers as compared to having sisters on individuals' happiness in China. To identify the effect, we explore random gender assignment of siblings, conditional on the number of siblings, among urban residents born before the One Child Policy...

Does Western fast-food contribute to the emerging global epidemic of obesity? This paper examines its impact in China the number of KFCs exceeds the number in the US. Utilizing community-year level data on the presence of McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut outlets, and controlling for individual and...

This article is based on a qualitative study of the relationships between professionals, parents and children in the context of children's therapy after child sexual abuse. Specifically, the study took place in a therapeutic team in England that has developed various ways of involving parents in...