Altruism, favoritism, and guilt in the allocation of family resources: Sophie's choice in Mao's mass send-down movement

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-38

  Li, Hongbin ^a   Rosenzweig, Mark ^b   Zhang, Junsen ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; DATA SET; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

CHINA;

EID: 77950434387     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650315     Document Type: Article

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