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High Sex Ratios and Household Portfolio Choice in China

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  • Wenchao Li
  • Changcheng Song
  • Shu Xu
  • Junjian Yi

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This work examines how high sex ratios (more men than women) affect household portfolio choice. Using data from a nationally representative Chinese household finance survey, we find that a one standard deviation increase in the sex ratio would raise the stock market participation rate by 2.9 percentage points, or 52.2 percent, for families with a son relative to families with a daughter. Our estimates imply that rising sex ratios explain around 10 percent of the significant growth in China’s stock market size in recent decades.

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  • Wenchao Li & Changcheng Song & Shu Xu & Junjian Yi, 2022. "High Sex Ratios and Household Portfolio Choice in China," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 57(2), pages 465-490.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:57:y:2022:i:2:p:465-490
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/jhr.57.2.1217-9245R2
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making

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