Family size and child migration: Do daughters face greater trade-offs than sons?

Family size and child migration: Do daughters face greater trade-offs than sons?

We show that, conditional on family size, rural boys and girls are equally likely to migrate with parents in China. Nevertheless, daughters’ migration may still be compromised because they tend to have more siblings in societies with strong son preference, and larger families are more likely to leav...

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Main Authors: HO, Christine, WANG, Yutao, ZUO, Sharon Xuejing
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
Subjects:
Child migration
family size trade-offs
son preference
parental investment
Family, Life Course, and Society
Growth and Development
Income Distribution
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2750
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3749/viewcontent/Family_Size_and_Child_Migration.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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