Fan, Yi. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-82). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Background --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1. --- Son Preference in China --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2. --- Unbalanced Sex Ratio in China --- p.9 / Chapter 3. --- Literature Review --- p.10 / Chapter 3.1. --- Reasons for Different Investment in Sons and Daughters --- p.11 / Chapter 3.2. --- The Mechanism by Which Child gender Affects Parental Time Allocation --- p.15 / Chapter 4. --- Empirical Strategy and Data Description --- p.21 / Chapter 4.1. --- Empirical Strategy --- p.21 / Chapter 4.2. --- Data Description --- p.26 / Chapter 5. --- Empirical Results --- p.30 / Chapter 5.1. --- OLS Estimation --- p.30 / Chapter 5.2. --- Instrumental-Variables Estimation --- p.34 / Chapter 5.3. --- Fixed-effects Estimation --- p.44 / Chapter 6. --- Conclusion --- p.53 / Figures and Tables --- p.55 / Appendices --- p.74 / Bibliography --- p.79