Can Biological Factors Like Hepatitis B Explain the Bulk of Gender Imbalance in China? A Review of the Evidence

A recent study challenges the assumption that the large deficit of girls in East and South Asia reflects the preference for sons, suggesting that much of the deficit—as much as 75 percent in China—is attributable to hepatitis B (HBV). The claim is inconsistent with the results of a study based on a...

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Main Author: Gupta, Monica Das
Format: Journal Article
Published: World Bank 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4420