Sex ratios (males to females) rose markedly in China in the last two decades, and crime rates nearly doubled. This … paper examines whether the two are causally linked. High sex ratios imply fewer married men, and marriage has been …

II, Sex Ratios, Out-Of-Wedlock Births. JEL Classification: J12, J13, N34. ∗Contact author: Michael Kvasnicka, Institute … 1 Introduction Sex ratios, commonly defined as the numbers of men per women in a geographic region or population of … marriage market tightness, sex ratios are likely to have immediate effects on marriage rates. Moreover, and more generally, sex …

crime with respect to the sex ratio of 16- to 25-year-olds of 3.4, suggesting that male sex ratios can account for one …

In this paper, I analyse the association between workplace sex ratios and partnership formation and dissolution. I find … workplace. On the other hand, workplace sex ratios are not important for the overall transition rate from singlehood to … Workplace Sex Ratios Affect Partnership Formation and Dissolution? Michael Svarer …

This article builds upon the recognition that the declining child sex ratios are a result of an ongoing process of … societal change. Looking at areas both in the north and in the south which have shown significant decline in the child sex … ratios between 1991 and 2001, the article draws on preliminary results from recently conducted field studies in rural areas …

in divorce laws can obtain in a model of marriage market matching with non-transferable utility. If sex ratios are more …