One-Child Policy and the Rise of Man-Made Twins
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- Wei Huang & Xiaoyan Lei & Yaohui Zhao, 2016. "One-Child Policy and the Rise of Man-Made Twins," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 98(3), pages 467-476, July.
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Keywords
China; one-child policy; twins;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2014-09-08 (China)
- NEP-TRA-2014-09-08 (Transition Economics)
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