Session 187:
Public Policy and Families in Developing Countries
Chair: Toshiko Kaneda, Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Discussant: T. Paul Schultz, Yale University
Discussant: David Lam, University of Michigan
Why is the Sex Ratio Unbalanced in China? The Roles of the One-Child Policy, Underdeveloped Social Insurance, and Parental Expectations • Xue Li, University of Maryland
Men, Pensions and Wellbeing in Rural South Africa: Tracking Effects through Policy Shifts • Enid Schatz, University of Missouri, Columbia ; Xavier Gómez-Olivé, University of the Witwatersrand ; Margaret L. Ralston, University of Missouri, Columbia ; Jane Menken, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Stephen Tollman, University of the Witwatersrand
A Life-Course Perspective on Social Protection among the Working Poor in Egypt • Maia Sieverding, Population Council and University of California, Berkeley
Mother’s Autonomy and Child Welfare - a New Measure and Some New Evidence • Tanika Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur ; Prabal De, City College, City University of New York (CUNY)
Other sessions on Marriage, Family, Households, and Unions
