Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278888 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16190
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine the effect of a Chinese family planning policy (FPP) known as "Later, Longer, and Fewer" on the gender gap in breastfeeding. We find that FPP increased the daughter-son breastfeeding gap in favor of sons in rural areas. Mean intensity of the FPP predicts the gender gap to be 35% greater than the gap without FPP. The effects are explained by the skewed gender composition of last-born children produced by sex-selective stopping behavior. The findings indicate a way in which FPP, in the context of son preference, widens gender gap in child development.
Subjects: 
breastfeeding
"Later-Longer-and-Fewer" campaign
son preference
family planning
JEL: 
J1
J13
J16
J18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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