The effects of the gender of children on expenditure patterns in rural China: A semiparametric analysis

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 509-527

  Gong, Xiaodong ^a,b   Van Soest, Arthur ^c,d   Zhang, Ping ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IZA ^*  (Australia)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 20744443291     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.780     Document Type: Article

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