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Consequences of war: Japan's demographic transition and the marriage market
Ogasawara, Kota; Komura, Mizuki - 2020
This study explores the effects of imbalances in the sex ratio, and their impact on intra-household bargaining, on both the quantity and the quality of children. We first present the theoretical model of intra-household bargaining in the presence of conflicting family goals within a couple, and...
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The lasting effect of sex ratio imbalance on marriage and family : evidence from World War II in Russia
Brainerd, Elizabeth - 2016
How does a shock to sex ratios affect marriage markets and fertility? I use the drastic change in sex ratios caused by World War II to identify the effects of unbalanced sex ratios on Russian women. Using unique data from the Soviet archives, the results indicate that male scarcity led to lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521153
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Sex ratios, polygyny, and the value of women in marriage : a Beckerian approach
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2014
A central component of his theory of marriage Becker's Demand and Supply (D&S) models of marriage are also among the most unique models he pioneered. Here I provide an overview of Becker's analysis of the effects of sex ratios - the ratio of men to women in marriage markets - on individual...
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Rise to the challenge or not give a damn : differential performance in high vs. low stakes tests
Attali, Yigal; Neeman, Zvika; Schlosser, Analia - 2011
. -- gender ; competition ; incentives ; GRE ; high stakes ; low stakes ; test score gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009306326
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Where have all the young girls gone? : identification of sex selection in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Cochrane, Tom - 2010
sex diagnosis ; ultrasound ; gender ; India ; triple difference estimator ; differences in differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009313317
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The fertility-sex ratio trade-off : unintended consequences of financial incentives
Anukriti, S - 2014
Lower fertility can translate into a more male-biased sex ratio if son preference is persistent and technology for sex-selection is easily accessible. This paper investigates whether financial incentives can overcome this trade-off in the context of an Indian scheme, Devirupak, that seeks to...
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Education effects on days hospitalized and days out of work by gender : evidence from Turkey
Tansel, Aysıt; Keskin, Halil Ibrahim - 2017
The strong relationship between various health indicators and education is widely documented. However, the studies that investigate the nature of causality between these variables became available only recently and provide evidence mostly from developed countries. We add to this literature by...
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Gender stereotyping in sports
Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina; Sevilla, Almudena - 2020
This paper contributes to the literature of gender differences in academic attainment by putting together several … sources of data going back several decades to investigate how gender stereotypes and parental time investments shape sport … Association, which provides information for every state on the total number of high school participants by gender in each sport …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249442
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Commuting time and sex ratios in the US
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2016
In this paper, we analyze the relationship between potential worker supply, measured through sex ratios, and commuting times in the United States. Using the American Time Use Survey 2003-2014, we analyze the relationship between commuting times and sex ratios by state and age, and show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476286
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Too many men, too short lives : the effect of the male-biased sex ratio on mortality
Chang, Simon; Kan, Kamhon; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2020
Using a natural experiment in Taiwan, this paper shows that exposure to male-biased sex ratios at the marriageable ages is associated with a greater likelihood of death in later life. Half a million soldiers from Mainland China who retreated to Taiwan after a civil war in the late 1940s were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202967