Gender differences in cognition in China and reasons for change over time: Evidence from CHARLS

Journal of the Economics of Ageing - Tập 4 - Trang 46-55 - 2014
Xiaoyan Lei1, James P. Smith2, Xiaoting Sun3, Yaohui Zhao1
1China Center for Economic Research (CCER), Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, PR China
2Chair in Labor Markets and Demographic Studies, RAND Corporation, PO Box 2138, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407, United States
3Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States

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