Auf der Basis von 204 im Jahr 1990 landesweit erhobenen Daten chinesischer Bauernhaushalte wird untersucht, wieviel Zeit die einzelnen Haushaltsmitglieder - jeweils in Abhängigkeit von ihrem Erziehungsniveau und den damit verbundenen Ambitionen - der Arbeit auf dem Bauernhof und der Arbeit in...

This paper investigates household consumption changes at retirement by utilizing a comprehensive, diary-based household survey from China. The survey contains both consumption quantity and price information, which permits separating quantity changes from price changes. The mandatory retirement...

An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks. Discussions usually focus on one dimension of child investment. This paper examines multiple dimensions using household survey data on Chinese child twins whose average age is 11. We...

An open question in the literature is whether families compensate or reinforce the impact of child health shocks. Discussions usually focus on one dimension of child investment. This paper examines multiple dimensions using household survey data on Chinese child twins whose average age is 11. We...

In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy only applied to the Han Chinese but not to minorities, this unique affirmative policy allows us to identify the causal effect of the one-child policy on the increase in sex ratios by a...