Add to ORKGWe model parental sex selection and the equilibrium sex ratio. With intrinsic son preference, sex selection results in a male-biased sex ratio. This is ine ¢ cient, due to a marriage market congestion externality. Medical innovations that facilitate selection increase ine ¢ ciency. If son preference arises endogenously, due to population growth causing an excess of women on the marriage market, selection may improve welfare. These results are robust to allowing prices or intra-household transfers in a frictional market. We analyze the e¤ects of sex ratio imbalances on parental investments, the e¤ect of fertility on sex selection and concerns for family gender balance
Sex determination is a fundamental process governed by diverse mechanisms. Sex ratio selection is c...
© The Author(s), 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attributi...
The link between fertility and gender preferences, especially son preference in Asian contexts, has...
We model sex selection and the equilibrium sex ratio, when parents care about their child's marriage...
Conventional sex roles imply caring females and competitive males. The evolution of sex role diverge...
Sex-role evolution theory attempts to explain the origin and direction of male-female differences. A...
The evolutionary consequences of culturally transmitted practices that cause differential mortality ...
Motivated by high and rising sex ratios in countries such as India and China, we formulate a theoret...
The term ‘sex roles’ encapsulates male–female differences in mate searching, competitive traits that...
reproductive costs; sex ratio; sexual conflict; sexual selection. Generally, sex-specific mortality ...
The term ‘sex roles’ encapsulates male–female differences in mate searching, competitive traits that...
Can financial incentives resolve the fertility-sex ratio trade-off faced by countries with persisten...
Males and females are defined by the relative size of their gametes (anisogamy), but secondary sexua...
This paper provides a new explanation for the long-run decline in fertility, the narrowing of the ge...
This paper provides a new explanation for the long-run decline in fer-tility, the narrowing of the g...
Sex determination is a fundamental process governed by diverse mechanisms. Sex ratio selection is c...
© The Author(s), 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attributi...
The link between fertility and gender preferences, especially son preference in Asian contexts, has...
We model sex selection and the equilibrium sex ratio, when parents care about their child's marriage...
Conventional sex roles imply caring females and competitive males. The evolution of sex role diverge...
Sex-role evolution theory attempts to explain the origin and direction of male-female differences. A...
The evolutionary consequences of culturally transmitted practices that cause differential mortality ...
Motivated by high and rising sex ratios in countries such as India and China, we formulate a theoret...
The term ‘sex roles’ encapsulates male–female differences in mate searching, competitive traits that...
reproductive costs; sex ratio; sexual conflict; sexual selection. Generally, sex-specific mortality ...
The term ‘sex roles’ encapsulates male–female differences in mate searching, competitive traits that...
Can financial incentives resolve the fertility-sex ratio trade-off faced by countries with persisten...
Males and females are defined by the relative size of their gametes (anisogamy), but secondary sexua...
This paper provides a new explanation for the long-run decline in fertility, the narrowing of the ge...
This paper provides a new explanation for the long-run decline in fer-tility, the narrowing of the g...
Sex determination is a fundamental process governed by diverse mechanisms. Sex ratio selection is c...
© The Author(s), 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attributi...
The link between fertility and gender preferences, especially son preference in Asian contexts, has...