TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Chae, Minhee
AU  - Cai, Yong
AU  - Kim, Jun Hyung
AU  - Lavely, William
        TI  - Unintended Consequences of Family Planning Policies on the Breastfeeding Gap between Sons and Daughters
        PY  - 2023/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16190
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16190
        AB  - 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.

        KW  - breastfeeding
KW  - “Later-Longer-and-Fewer” campaign
KW  - son preference
KW  - family planning
        ER  -