The quality-quantity trade-off: evidence from the relaxation of China's one-child policy

This paper uses the exogenous variation in fertility introduced by China's family planning policies to identify the impact of child quantity on child quality. We find that the number of children has a significant negative effect on child height, which supports the quality-quantity trade-off the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Population Economics. - Springer Science + Business Media. - 27(2014), 2, Seite 565-602
1. Verfasser: Liu, Haoming (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of Population Economics
Schlagworte:Social sciences Behavioral sciences Biological sciences Health sciences Education Economics Mathematics