Gender of Children, Bargaining Power, and Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in China
利用中国健康与营养调查数据，研究发现头胎为儿子的女性在家庭决策中的议价能力比头胎为女儿的女性高3.9个百分点，且其营养摄入改善、体重过轻风险降低。
Based on the prevalent son preference in China, this paper proposes a new measure of relative bargaining power within the household. Using data from China Health and Nutrition Survey, we show that a woman with a first-born son has a 3.9 percentage points' greater role in household decision-making than a woman with a first-born daughter. Having a first-born son improves the mother's nutrition intakes and reduces her likelihood of being underweight. While thinking of these impacts as being channeled through intrahousehold bargaining power, we cannot fully rule out other possible direct effects of a first-born son on the outcomes.