We explore the link between child gender and household financial decisions within a cultural environment that strongly favours having a son. Using data from the China Household Finance Survey (CHFS), we find that the presence of a daughter is associated with a lower saving rate. This is...

Over the past thirty years Chinese households have enjoyed substantive increases in income and savings and witnessed a rapidly developing financial market offering investment choices and risks away from bank deposits – the traditional form of financial investment. We explore whether this...

Chinese households have enjoyed a rapidly developing financial market offering a wider range of investment choices than bank deposits – the traditional form of investment. Using panel data from the 2013 and 2015 China Household Finance Survey, we examine the relationship between financial...