Add to ORKGHigh ratios of males to females in China have concerned researchers (Sen 1990, Yi et al. 1993) and the recent increase has alarmed policymakers worldwide. This paper presents an analysis of China’s census data that indicates that the "missing girls" phenomenon is causally linked to enforcement of the One Child Policy. Fertility is lower and sex ratios are higher among those under stricter fertility control, and the overall increase in the sex ratio is driven by an increase in the prevalence of sex selection among first and second births. By exploiting regional and temporal variation in fines levied for unauthorized births, I find that higher fine regimes discourage fertility, but are associated with higher ratios of males to females.
Unlike in the United States where fertility is found to be negatively correlated with female labor f...
Since 1978, China’s One-Child Policy has been decreasing the nation’s population numbers to make way...
The relative numbers of women and men are changing dramatically in China, but the consequences of th...
High ratios of males to females in China have concerned researchers (Sen 1990, Yi et al. 1993) and t...
Recent estimates suggest that as many as 40 million women are ‘missing’ in China. We exploit a speci...
In a country like China, where son preference is principally the product of an ingrained social prej...
Child underreporting is often neglected in studies of fertility and sex ratio imbalance in China. To...
In this paper, we show that the one-child policy has played a significant role in the decline of Chi...
This article shows that the reported sex ratio at birth increased substantially in China during the ...
Empirical evidence suggests that close to 100 million women are "missing"worldwide. We revisit the e...
High ratios of males to females in China have historically concerned researchers (Sen 1990), and hav...
The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of “missing girls” in much of East and South Asia h...
This paper explores the problem of China's 'missing' girls-estimated to run into many millions. It c...
Unlike in the United States where fertility is found to be negatively correlated with female labor f...
This paper seeks to explain the dearth of females in the population of China in cohorts born from th...
Unlike in the United States where fertility is found to be negatively correlated with female labor f...
Since 1978, China’s One-Child Policy has been decreasing the nation’s population numbers to make way...
The relative numbers of women and men are changing dramatically in China, but the consequences of th...
High ratios of males to females in China have concerned researchers (Sen 1990, Yi et al. 1993) and t...
Recent estimates suggest that as many as 40 million women are ‘missing’ in China. We exploit a speci...
In a country like China, where son preference is principally the product of an ingrained social prej...
Child underreporting is often neglected in studies of fertility and sex ratio imbalance in China. To...
In this paper, we show that the one-child policy has played a significant role in the decline of Chi...
This article shows that the reported sex ratio at birth increased substantially in China during the ...
Empirical evidence suggests that close to 100 million women are "missing"worldwide. We revisit the e...
High ratios of males to females in China have historically concerned researchers (Sen 1990), and hav...
The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of “missing girls” in much of East and South Asia h...
This paper explores the problem of China's 'missing' girls-estimated to run into many millions. It c...
Unlike in the United States where fertility is found to be negatively correlated with female labor f...
This paper seeks to explain the dearth of females in the population of China in cohorts born from th...
Unlike in the United States where fertility is found to be negatively correlated with female labor f...
Since 1978, China’s One-Child Policy has been decreasing the nation’s population numbers to make way...
The relative numbers of women and men are changing dramatically in China, but the consequences of th...