Child's gender, parental monetary investments and care of elderly parents in China

Son biased investments are common in many Asian countries where sons are customarily responsible for providing old age support to parents. Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, I find that parents invested nearly twice more in sons than in daughters in terms of college...

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Main Author: HO, Christine
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2065
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3064/viewcontent/Son_Bias_and_Old_Age_Support.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English