Sex ratio at birth remains highly skewed in many Asian countries because of son preference.
The ratio in South Korea, however, declined beginning in 1990 and reached the natural …

We explore the relationship between sibling sex composition, gender inequality and girls'
locus of control. Among girls aged 10–15 in China, girls with brothers are lower in internal …

Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document
significant gender differences in time allocation in the first 16 years in life. Relative to males …

In most English-speaking countries, the children of Asian immigrants have better academic
outcomes than other children, yet the underlying causes of their advantages are unclear …

This study's aim was to empower South Korean adolescent girls to explore their creative
potential and emotional world by implementing a six-session art intervention with a …

Grandchild care is becoming an increasingly important part of raising children as the
population ages and the cost of parenting increases. However, the labor supply effect of …

Organizations increasingly offer work-family programs to assist employees with balancing
the competing demands of work and family life. Existing scholarship indicates that the …

Abstract INTRODUCTION South Asian (SA) and East Asian (EA) older adults represent the
fastest‐growing racial/ethnic groups of Americans at risk for dementia. While recruiting older …

Previous studies have documented that a child's gender affects future fertility and family
structure across several parts of the world. This paper use a comprehensive sets of data …

We investigate whether there is excess morbidity among daughters of Indian or Chinese
immigrants in the US by studying the prevalence of disability among children. We use data …