Little emperors: Behavioral impacts of China's one-child policy

Science

Volumn 339, Issue 6122, 2013, Pages 953-957

  Cameron, L ^a   Erkal, N ^b   Gangadharan, L ^a   Meng, X ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHILD CARE; DATA SET; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK FACTOR; SURVEY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; ONE CHILD POLICY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

CHINA;

EID: 84874193683     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1230221     Document Type: Article

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