Celebrating legacy: The intergenerational transmission of reproduction and human capital in Ming-Qing Chinese families
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Keywords
Reproduction; Long-run reproductive success; Child quantity-quality trade-off; Ming-Qing China;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- N35 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Asia including Middle East
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2025-04-28 (China)
- NEP-DEM-2025-04-28 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EVO-2025-04-28 (Evolutionary Economics)
- NEP-GRO-2025-04-28 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2025-04-28 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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