Arbeitspapier
Costly Posturing: Ceremonies and Early Child Development in China
Participating in and presenting gifts at funerals, weddings, and other ceremonies held by friends and neighbors have been regarded as social norms in many parts of the world for thousands of years. However, due to the reciprocal nature of gift giving, it is more burdensome for the poor to take part in these social occasions than for the rich. Because the poor often lack the necessary resources, they are forced to cut back on basic consumption, such as food, in order to afford a gift to attend the social festivals. For pregnant women in poor families, such a reduction in nutrition intake as a result of gift-giving can have a lasting detrimental health impact on their children. Using a primary census-type panel household survey in rural China, this paper provides empirical evidence on the squeeze effect of gift giving.
- Sprache
-
Englisch
- Erschienen in
-
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10662
- Klassifikation
-
Wirtschaft
Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
Health and Inequality
Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
- Thema
-
economic status
squeeze effects
food consumption
gift-giving
stunting
malnutrition
- Ereignis
-
Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
-
Chen, Xi
Zhang, Xiaobo
- Ereignis
-
Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
-
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (wo)
-
Bonn
- (wann)
-
2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
-
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
Datenpartner
Dieses Objekt wird bereitgestellt von:
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. Bei Fragen zum Objekt wenden Sie sich bitte an den Datenpartner.
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Chen, Xi
- Zhang, Xiaobo
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2017
Ähnliche Objekte (12)
Costly posturing: Relative status, ceremonies and early child development
Costly posturing: Relative status, ceremonies and early child development in China
Early Life Circumstances and the Health of Older Adults: A Research Note
Early Life Circumstances and the Health of Older Adults: A Research Note
Costly posturing : Relative status, ceremonies and early child development
Grandfathers and Grandsons: Social Security Expansion and Child Health in China
Relative deprivation and individual well-being
Smog, Cognition and Real-World Decision Making
Accounting for social spending escalation in rural China
Old-Age Pension and Extended Families: How is Adult Children's Internal Migration Affected?
Gift-giving and Network Structure in Rural China: Utilizing Long-term Spontaneous Gift Records
Old-Age Pension and Intergenerational Living Arrangements
Costly posturing: Relative status, ceremonies and early child development
Costly posturing: Relative status, ceremonies and early child development in China
Early Life Circumstances and the Health of Older Adults: A Research Note
Early Life Circumstances and the Health of Older Adults: A Research Note
Costly posturing : Relative status, ceremonies and early child development
Grandfathers and Grandsons: Social Security Expansion and Child Health in China
Relative deprivation and individual well-being
Smog, Cognition and Real-World Decision Making
Accounting for social spending escalation in rural China
Old-Age Pension and Extended Families: How is Adult Children's Internal Migration Affected?
Gift-giving and Network Structure in Rural China: Utilizing Long-term Spontaneous Gift Records
Old-Age Pension and Intergenerational Living Arrangements
Costly posturing: Relative status, ceremonies and early child development
Costly posturing: Relative status, ceremonies and early child development in China
Early Life Circumstances and the Health of Older Adults: A Research Note
Early Life Circumstances and the Health of Older Adults: A Research Note
Costly posturing : Relative status, ceremonies and early child development
Grandfathers and Grandsons: Social Security Expansion and Child Health in China
Relative deprivation and individual well-being
Smog, Cognition and Real-World Decision Making
Accounting for social spending escalation in rural China
Old-Age Pension and Extended Families: How is Adult Children's Internal Migration Affected?
Gift-giving and Network Structure in Rural China: Utilizing Long-term Spontaneous Gift Records