Son Preference and Human Capital Investment Among China’s Rural-Urban Migrant Households
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- Carl Lin & Yan Sun & Chunbing Xing, 2021. "Son Preference and Human Capital Investment among China’s Rural-urban Migrant Households," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(12), pages 2077-2094, December.
- Lin, Carl & Sun, Yan & Xing, Chunbing, 2018. "Son Preference and Human Capital Investment among China's Rural-Urban Migrant Households," IZA Discussion Papers 11930, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Rural-urban migration; China; Children; Son preference; Human capital;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2018-11-19 (China)
- NEP-MIG-2018-11-19 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-TRA-2018-11-19 (Transition Economics)
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