This paper attempts to explain why some elderly in rural China live alone in relative poverty while others live with their children and are relatively well-off. It develops a theoretical model of intergenerational transfers specific to rural China and tests among competing hypotheses using cross-sectional data collected in 2000.Institutional and Behavioral Economics,

de Brauw, Alan

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PARENTS AS PUBLIC GOODS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM RURAL CHINA

PARENTS AS PUBLIC GOODS: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM RURAL CHINA

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