This article draws on a survey conducted in six provinces in summer 2008 to investigate the
determinants of son preference in rural china. The analysis confirms the conventional …

Child underreporting is often neglected in studies of fertility and sex ratio imbalance in
China. To improve estimates of these measures, I use intercensal comparisons to identify a …

In the thirty-five years since China instituted its One-Child Policy, 120,000 children—mostly
girls—have left China through international adoption, including 85,000 to the United States …

China initiated its family planning policy in 1962 and its one-child policy in 1980, and it
allowed all couples to have two children as of 1 January 2016. This paper systematically …

This article examines the parent–child relations within rural-to-urban migrant households to
explore the continuations and changes in the patrilineal family system under the forces of …

This paper examines how left-behind children influence migration duration in China. We first
present a simple illustrative model that incorporates economic and non-economic motives to …

Objective This article examines how gendered lived experiences—the constellation of
women's quotidian, on‐the‐ground encounters and perceptions of gender inequality …

This paper examines how left-behind children influence return migration in China. We first
present a simple illustrative model based on Dustmann (2003) that incorporates economic …

In China, owing to many parents' preference for sons, the sex ratio at birth (SRB) is
imbalanced. During the 2000s, SRB fluctuated at around 120 boys to 100 girls. In the early …

Most observers assume that China's fertility restrictions contribute to the use of prenatal sex
selection. I question the logic and evidence underlying that assumption. Experts often stress …