Add to ORKGThis paper investigates whether technological advances in prenatal sex determination have led to postnatal nutrient intake equality between boys and girls in China, despite an exceptionally high ratio of boys to girls at birth. Dominance methods applied to data from the Chinese Health and Nutrition Surveys (CHNS, selected years 1991 to 2004) reveal no bias in calorie consumption between girls and boys. We find a significant protein bias toward boys in 1991, but it disappears by 2004
Recent estimates suggest that as many as 40 million women are ‘missing’ in China. We exploit a speci...
Skewed sex ratios at birth [SRB] are a familiar feature of many Asian populations. China currently h...
I examine whether prenatal sex selection has substituted postnatal excess female mortality by analys...
How much of the increase in sex ratio (male to female) at birth since the early 1980s in China is at...
We study whether changes in prenatal sex selection across regions in India are associated with chang...
In a country like China, where son preference is principally the product of an ingrained social prej...
Previous research has shown the existence of severe gender discrimination in China and India dramati...
This article shows that the reported sex ratio at birth increased substantially in China during the ...
Son preference is well documented in many Asian counties. Sex selection generates sex ratios (# of m...
The accuracy of a population-based sex ratio at birth (SRB) in China has long been questioned. To de...
The accuracy of a population-based sex ratio at birth (SRB) in China has long been questioned. To de...
In this paper, we study the impact of prenatal sex selection on the well‐being of girls by analyzing...
High ratios of males to females in China have historically concerned researchers (Sen 1990), and hav...
For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Strong preference for sons in...
Objective The normal male to female livebirth sex ratio ranges from 1.03 to 1.07. Higher ratios in C...
Recent estimates suggest that as many as 40 million women are ‘missing’ in China. We exploit a speci...
Skewed sex ratios at birth [SRB] are a familiar feature of many Asian populations. China currently h...
I examine whether prenatal sex selection has substituted postnatal excess female mortality by analys...
How much of the increase in sex ratio (male to female) at birth since the early 1980s in China is at...
We study whether changes in prenatal sex selection across regions in India are associated with chang...
In a country like China, where son preference is principally the product of an ingrained social prej...
Previous research has shown the existence of severe gender discrimination in China and India dramati...
This article shows that the reported sex ratio at birth increased substantially in China during the ...
Son preference is well documented in many Asian counties. Sex selection generates sex ratios (# of m...
The accuracy of a population-based sex ratio at birth (SRB) in China has long been questioned. To de...
The accuracy of a population-based sex ratio at birth (SRB) in China has long been questioned. To de...
In this paper, we study the impact of prenatal sex selection on the well‐being of girls by analyzing...
High ratios of males to females in China have historically concerned researchers (Sen 1990), and hav...
For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Strong preference for sons in...
Objective The normal male to female livebirth sex ratio ranges from 1.03 to 1.07. Higher ratios in C...
Recent estimates suggest that as many as 40 million women are ‘missing’ in China. We exploit a speci...
Skewed sex ratios at birth [SRB] are a familiar feature of many Asian populations. China currently h...
I examine whether prenatal sex selection has substituted postnatal excess female mortality by analys...