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"Sex in Marriage is a Divine Gift": For Whom? Evidence from the Manila Contraceptive Ban
Dumas, Christelle; Lefranc, Arnaud - 2013
We analyze the tradeoff between child quantity and quality in developing countries by estimating the effect of family size on child education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in the late 1990s, the mayor of Manila enacted a municipal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319598
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"Sex in Marriage is a Divine Gift": For Whom? Evidence from the Manila Contraceptive Ban
Dumas, Christelle; Lefranc, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We analyze the tradeoff between child quantity and quality in developing countries by estimating the effect of family size on child education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in the late 1990s, the mayor of Manila enacted a municipal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884280
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"Sex in Marriage is a Divine Gift": For whom ? Evidence from the Manila contraceptive ban
DUMAS, Christelle; LEFRANC, Arnaud - Théorie Économique, Modélisation, Application … - 2013
We analyze the tradeoff between child quantity and quality in de- veloping countries by estimating the effect of family size on child's ed- ucation in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in the late 1990s, the mayor of Manila enacted a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010671638
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"Sex in marriage is a divine gift": for whom? : evidence from the Manila contraceptive ban
Dumas, Christelle; Lefranc, Arnaud - 2013
We analyze the tradeoff between child quantity and quality in developing countries by estimating the effect of family size on child education in urban Philippines. To isolate exogenous changes in family size, we exploit a policy shock: in the late 1990s, the mayor of Manila enacted a municipal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774345
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The Quantity-Quality Tradeoff of Children in a Developing Country : Identification Using Chinese Twins
Li, Hongbin - 2007
attainment in China. We find a negative correlation between family size and child outcome, even after we control for the birth … effect of family size on children's education. We also find that the effect of family size is more evident in rural China …, where the public education system is poor. Given that our estimates of the effect of twinning on non-twins at least provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776068
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The quantity-quality tradeoff of children in a developing country: identification using Chinese twins
Li, Hongbin; Zhang, Junsen; Zhu, Yi - 2007
attainment in China. We find a negative correlation between family size and child outcome, even after we control for the birth … effect of family size on children's education. We also find that the effect of family size is more evident in rural China …, where the public education system is poor. Given that our estimates of the effect of twinning on non-twins at least provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268272
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Estimating the effect of the one-child policy on sex ratio imbalance in China: Identification based on the difference-in-differences
Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - 2010
In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy only applied to the Han …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285513
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Population Control Policies and Human Capital Investment : China's One-Child Policy Revisited
Wang, Bob - 2015
. It is widely believed that China's one-child policy promotes the human capital level of the new generation. According to … the whole story, because another crucial factor relates to which segment of the population is reduced. China's one … theory. Then we empirically prove that China's one-child policy induced a much higher rural birth rate, implying a negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023748
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Estimating the Effect of the One-Child Policy on Sex Ratio Imbalance in China : Identification Based on the Difference-in-Differences
Li, Hongbin - 2010
In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy only applied to the Han …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138734
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Estimating the effect of the one-child policy on sex ratio imbalance in China : identification based on the difference-in-differences
Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - 2010
In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy only applied to the Han …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008989746