The Labor-Supply Consequences of Having a Child in China

doi:10.1093/wber/lhac032

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The Labor-Supply Consequences of Having a Child in China

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dc.contributor.author	Wang, Shing Yi
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-28T16:10:03Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-28T16:10:03Z
dc.date.issued	2023-02-24
dc.description.abstract	Combining eight years of panel data with an event study approach, this study shows that rural Chinese women’s labor supply falls following the birth of a child. In contrast, men’s labor supply does not fall after birth. Furthermore, a woman’s labor supply falls more following the birth of a son than a daughter. Following the birth of a son relative to a daughter, household cigarette consumption declines, and a mother’s leisure time, her prob ability of school enrollment, and her participation in decision-making increase. There are no increases in other investments in boys complementary to mothers’ time, such as food expenditures, breastfeeding, or immunizations. These results are consistent with the idea that mothers are rewarded more for having a son, leading them to have more leisure and work less.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	The World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/41314
dc.identifier.issn	0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41314
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	World Bank Economic Review
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
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dc.subject	BIRTH
dc.subject	FEMALE LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	CHINA
dc.title	The Labor-Supply Consequences of Having a Child in China	en
dc.type	Journal Article
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okr.crossref.title	The Labor-Supply Consequences of Having a Child in China
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okr.date.lastmodified	2023-09-08T00:00:00Z	en
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okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.country	China
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Family Planning Research
okr.topic	Social Development::Children and Youth
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Economics
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unit	Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume	37 (2)
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