China’s Marriage Market and Upcoming Challenges for Elderly Men
Fertility decline has fueled a sharp increase in the proportion of 'missing girls' in China, so an increasing share of males will fail to marry, and will face old age without the support normally provided by wives and children. This paper...
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ABDUCTION ADULT LITERACY ADULT MORTALITY ADULTHOOD ADULTS ADVOCACY AGE AT MARRIAGE AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE GROUPS AGED AGING BIRTHS BOTH SEXES CAREGIVERS CENSUS DATA CHANGES IN FERTILITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CHILDBIRTH CHINESE CITIZENS CRIME CUSTOMARY PRACTICE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEMOGRAPHIC IMBALANCES DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES DEMOGRAPHY DEPENDENCY RATIO DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATED MEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY ELDERLY MEN ELDERLY POPULATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FAMILY SUPPORT FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY CONTROL FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY PATTERNS FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FERTILITY SURVEY FERTILITY TRANSITIONS FIRST BIRTH FIRST MARRIAGE FORCED MARRIAGE FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER GENDER BIAS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBANDS ILLNESS INCOME SECURITY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INFANTS INJURY INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR SUPPLY LARGE POPULATIONS LATER MARRIAGE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW FERTILITY MALE POPULATION MALES MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGE AGE MARRIAGES MEDICAL CARE MIGRANTS MIGRATION MINIMUM AGE MINORITIES MINORITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHER NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF WOMEN OFFICIAL STATISTICS OLD AGE OLD-AGE OLDER MEN PARENTS PENSION PENSIONS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY GUIDANCE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLYANDRY POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION ASSOCIATION POPULATION BY AGE POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION CHANGES POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS POPULATION COUNCIL POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION ECONOMICS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION INFORMATION POPULATION INFORMATION NETWORK POPULATION POLICY POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION STRUCTURES POPULATION STUDIES PRENATAL SEX SELECTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS REPRODUCTION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION RURAL RESIDENTS SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SEX SEX PREFERENCE SEX RATIO SEX RATIOS SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL HEALTH SINGLE MEN SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIAL UNREST SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE SPOUSES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL FERTILITY RATE TRADITIONAL FAMILY UNEMPLOYMENT UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION UNMARRIED MEN URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WAR WARS WILL WIVES WOMAN WORKING CLASS WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD FERTILITY SURVEY WORLD POPULATION YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG COUPLES |
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ABDUCTION ADULT LITERACY ADULT MORTALITY ADULTHOOD ADULTS ADVOCACY AGE AT MARRIAGE AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE GROUPS AGED AGING BIRTHS BOTH SEXES CAREGIVERS CENSUS DATA CHANGES IN FERTILITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CHILDBIRTH CHINESE CITIZENS CRIME CUSTOMARY PRACTICE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEMOGRAPHIC IMBALANCES DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES DEMOGRAPHY DEPENDENCY RATIO DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATED MEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY ELDERLY MEN ELDERLY POPULATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FAMILY SUPPORT FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY CONTROL FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY PATTERNS FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FERTILITY SURVEY FERTILITY TRANSITIONS FIRST BIRTH FIRST MARRIAGE FORCED MARRIAGE FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER GENDER BIAS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBANDS ILLNESS INCOME SECURITY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INFANTS INJURY INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR SUPPLY LARGE POPULATIONS LATER MARRIAGE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW FERTILITY MALE POPULATION MALES MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGE AGE MARRIAGES MEDICAL CARE MIGRANTS MIGRATION MINIMUM AGE MINORITIES MINORITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHER NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF WOMEN OFFICIAL STATISTICS OLD AGE OLD-AGE OLDER MEN PARENTS PENSION PENSIONS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY GUIDANCE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLYANDRY POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION ASSOCIATION POPULATION BY AGE POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION CHANGES POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS POPULATION COUNCIL POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION ECONOMICS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION INFORMATION POPULATION INFORMATION NETWORK POPULATION POLICY POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION STRUCTURES POPULATION STUDIES PRENATAL SEX SELECTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS REPRODUCTION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION RURAL RESIDENTS SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SEX SEX PREFERENCE SEX RATIO SEX RATIOS SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL HEALTH SINGLE MEN SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIAL UNREST SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE SPOUSES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL FERTILITY RATE TRADITIONAL FAMILY UNEMPLOYMENT UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION UNMARRIED MEN URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WAR WARS WILL WIVES WOMAN WORKING CLASS WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD FERTILITY SURVEY WORLD POPULATION YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG COUPLES Das Gupta, Monica Ebenstein, Avraham Sharygin, Ethan Jennings China’s Marriage Market and Upcoming Challenges for Elderly Men |
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Fertility decline has fueled a sharp
increase in the proportion of 'missing girls' in
China, so an increasing share of males will fail to marry,
and will face old age without the support normally provided
by wives and children. This paper shows that historically,
China has had nearly-universal marriage for women and a very
competitive market for men. Lower-educated men experience
higher rates of bachelorhood while women favor men with
better prospects, migrating if needed from poorer to
wealthier areas. The authors examine the anticipated effects
of this combination of bride shortage and hypergamy, for
different regions of China. Their projections indicate that
unmarried males will likely be concentrated in poorer
provinces with low fiscal ability to provide social
protection to their citizens. Such geographic concentration
of unmarried males could be socially disruptive, and the
paper s findings suggest a need to expand the coverage of
social protection programs financed substantially by the
central government. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Das Gupta, Monica Ebenstein, Avraham Sharygin, Ethan Jennings |
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Das Gupta, Monica Ebenstein, Avraham Sharygin, Ethan Jennings |
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Das Gupta, Monica |
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China’s Marriage Market and Upcoming Challenges for Elderly Men |
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China’s Marriage Market and Upcoming Challenges for Elderly Men |
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China’s Marriage Market and Upcoming Challenges for Elderly Men |
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China’s Marriage Market and Upcoming Challenges for Elderly Men |
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China’s Marriage Market and Upcoming Challenges for Elderly Men |
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china’s marriage market and upcoming challenges for elderly men |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-38372021-04-23T14:02:13Z China’s Marriage Market and Upcoming Challenges for Elderly Men Das Gupta, Monica Ebenstein, Avraham Sharygin, Ethan Jennings ABDUCTION ADULT LITERACY ADULT MORTALITY ADULTHOOD ADULTS ADVOCACY AGE AT MARRIAGE AGE DISTRIBUTION AGE GROUPS AGED AGING BIRTHS BOTH SEXES CAREGIVERS CENSUS DATA CHANGES IN FERTILITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBEARING CHILDBIRTH CHINESE CITIZENS CRIME CUSTOMARY PRACTICE DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DEMOGRAPHIC IMBALANCES DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES DEMOGRAPHY DEPENDENCY RATIO DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATED MEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY ELDERLY MEN ELDERLY POPULATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SIZE FAMILY SUPPORT FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY CONTROL FERTILITY DECLINE FERTILITY PATTERNS FERTILITY PREFERENCES FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FERTILITY SURVEY FERTILITY TRANSITIONS FIRST BIRTH FIRST MARRIAGE FORCED MARRIAGE FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER GENDER BIAS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBANDS ILLNESS INCOME SECURITY INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INFANTS INJURY INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR SUPPLY LARGE POPULATIONS LATER MARRIAGE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW FERTILITY MALE POPULATION MALES MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGE AGE MARRIAGES MEDICAL CARE MIGRANTS MIGRATION MINIMUM AGE MINORITIES MINORITY MORTALITY RATES MOTHER NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF WOMEN OFFICIAL STATISTICS OLD AGE OLD-AGE OLDER MEN PARENTS PENSION PENSIONS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY GUIDANCE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLYANDRY POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION ASSOCIATION POPULATION BY AGE POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION CHANGES POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS POPULATION COUNCIL POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION ECONOMICS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION INFORMATION POPULATION INFORMATION NETWORK POPULATION POLICY POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION STRUCTURES POPULATION STUDIES PRENATAL SEX SELECTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS REPRODUCTION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION RURAL RESIDENTS SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SEX SEX PREFERENCE SEX RATIO SEX RATIOS SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL HEALTH SINGLE MEN SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL STATUS SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIAL UNREST SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE SPOUSES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL FERTILITY RATE TRADITIONAL FAMILY UNEMPLOYMENT UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION UNMARRIED MEN URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY WAR WARS WILL WIVES WOMAN WORKING CLASS WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD FERTILITY SURVEY WORLD POPULATION YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG COUPLES Fertility decline has fueled a sharp increase in the proportion of 'missing girls' in China, so an increasing share of males will fail to marry, and will face old age without the support normally provided by wives and children. This paper shows that historically, China has had nearly-universal marriage for women and a very competitive market for men. Lower-educated men experience higher rates of bachelorhood while women favor men with better prospects, migrating if needed from poorer to wealthier areas. The authors examine the anticipated effects of this combination of bride shortage and hypergamy, for different regions of China. Their projections indicate that unmarried males will likely be concentrated in poorer provinces with low fiscal ability to provide social protection to their citizens. Such geographic concentration of unmarried males could be socially disruptive, and the paper s findings suggest a need to expand the coverage of social protection programs financed substantially by the central government. 2012-03-19T18:40:40Z 2012-03-19T18:40:40Z 2010-06-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100629085520 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3837 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5351 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific East Asia and Pacific East Asia Asia China |