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

• Main Authors: HO, Christine, WANG, Yutao, ZUO, Sharon Xuejing
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• 主題: Child migration; family size trade-offs; son preference; parental investment; Family, Life Course, and Society; Growth and Development; Income Distribution
• 在線閱讀: 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

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...