levels of illegal trafficking of girls and abnormal child sex ratios in favor of boys. In this paper we examine if a skewed … sex ratio and shortage of girls is associated with their illegal trafficking in India. Using panel data of 29 Indian … trafficking of girls. We find the association to be heterogeneous by female empowerment, crime against women and party rule in the …

selection, result in the excess mortality of girls, and skew child sex ratios in favor of boys. Every year, 1.8 million girls … use of such practices is reflective of the striking inequities girls face today, and it also has negative implications for … that have girls. This paper takes stock of the direct measures used across countries grappling with skewed child sex ratios …

fact that China, South Korea, and Northwest India manifest such extreme child sex ratios compared with other patrilineal … aimed to challenge traditional social hierarchies, including the age and gender hierarchies of the kinship system. Thirdly …

Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 … China's neighbors is no less bleak: Asia now has 163 million females "missing" from its population. Gender imbalance reaches … girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the …

selection, result in the excess mortality of girls, and skew child sex ratios in favor of boys. Every year, 1.8 million girls … use of such practices is reflective of the striking inequities girls face today, and it also has negative implications for … that have girls. This paper takes stock of the direct measures used across countries grappling with skewed child sex ratios …