William Lavely

The Origins of the Chinese Fertility Decline

William Lavely, Ronald Freedman · Demography · 1990 · 144 citations · Full text

The Rise in Female Education in China: National and Regional Patterns

William Lavely, Xiao Zhenyu, Bohua Li et al. · The China Quarterly · 1990 · 122 citations

Women Empowerment, East Asian Studies, Education +21

Revising the Malthusian Narrative: The Comparative Study of Population Dynamics in Late Imperial China

William Lavely, R. Bin Wong · The Journal of Asian Studies · 1998 · 101 citations

East Asian Studies, Demographic Restraint, Economic History +19

Village Context, Women's Status, and Son Preference Among Rural Chinese Women*

Jianghong Li, William Lavely · Rural Sociology · 2003 · 99 citations

Social Sciences, Village Context, Financial Support +19

First Impressions from the 2000 Census of China

William Lavely · Population and Development Review · 2001 · 85 citations

Human Migration, Population Science, East Asian Studies +22