Evidence for an Incipient Decline in Numbers of Missing Girls in China and India

Evidence for an Incipient Decline in Numbers of Missing Girls in China and India

The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of "missing girls" in much of East and South Asia has attracted much attention among researchers and policymakers. An encouraging trend was suggested by the case of South Korea, where child sex ratios (males to females under age 5) were the...

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Main Authors: Das Gupta, Monica, Chung, Woojin, Li, Shuzhuo
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Economics of Gender
Non-labor Discrimination J160
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Economic Development: Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses
Transportation O180
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets
Industry Studies
Population P230
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics P250
Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics: Regional Migration
Regional Labor Markets
Population
Neighborhood Characteristics R230
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5571

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