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Older parents benefit more in health outcome from daughters’ than sons’ care in China

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  • Yi Zeng

    (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany)

  • Melanie D. Sereny Brasher
  • Danan Gu
  • James W. Vaupel

    (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany)

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  • Yi Zeng & Melanie D. Sereny Brasher & Danan Gu & James W. Vaupel, 2015. "Older parents benefit more in health outcome from daughters’ than sons’ care in China," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2015-004, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
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    DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2015-004
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