This paper considers how the sex of preschool-aged children can affect living arrangements and maternal labor supply. In an extended family with young children, the joint decisions of co-residence and time allocations are driven by the concern that the companionship of children is a household...

Abstract To earn a quota for a boy under the one-child policy (OCP), some Chinese families intentionally underreport births of girls or delay their hukou registration, which can have subsequent consequences on them. Previous studies have found a decline in sex ratio of one given birth cohort...