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High Sex Ratios and Household Portfolio Choice in China

View ORCID ProfileWenchao Li, View ORCID ProfileChangcheng Song, View ORCID ProfileShu Xu and View ORCID ProfileJunjian Yi
Journal of Human Resources, March 2022, 57 (2) 465-490; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.2.1217-9245R2
Wenchao Li
Wenchao Li is an assistant professor at School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University ()
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Changcheng Song
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vol. 57 no. 2 465-490
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.57.2.1217-9245R2
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0022-166X
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  • Received December 1, 2017
  • Accepted December 1, 2019
  • Published online March 2, 2022.

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  1. Wenchao Li,
  2. Changcheng Song,
  3. Shu Xu and
  4. Junjian Yi
  1. Wenchao Li is an assistant professor at School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University (wenchaoli.1022{at}gmail.com)
  2. Changcheng Song is an associate professor of finance at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (ccsong{at}smu.edu.sg)
  3. Shu Xu is a professor of economics at School of Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (xushu{at}swufe.edu.cn)
  4. Junjian Yi is a professor at National School of Development, Peking University, and an associate professor of economics at Department of Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong (junjian.yi{at}gmail.com)
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