Gender preference, biased sex ratio, and parental investments in single-child households

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-110

  Leung, Michael C M ^a   Zhang, Junsen ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gender preference; Marriage; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 42249102255     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-007-9026-x     Document Type: Article

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