Does A Child Quantity-Quality Trade-Off Exist? Evidence from the One-Child Policy in China
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JEL classification:
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2016-02-17 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-CNA-2016-02-17 (China)
- NEP-TRA-2016-02-17 (Transition Economics)
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