The quantity of education and preference for sons: Evidence from Taiwan's compulsory education reform
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2019.101369
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Keywords
Male ratio at birth; Parental education; Son preference; Taiwan;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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