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Population dynamics and marriage payments : an analysis of the long run equilibrium in India
Maitra, Sudeshna - In: The B.E. journal of macroeconomics 18 (2018) 2, pp. 1-26
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Could changes in reported sex ratios at birth during China's 1958-1961 famine support the adaptive sex ratio adjustment hypothesis?
Zhao, Zhongwei; Zhu, Yuan; Reimondos, Anna - In: Demographic Research 29 (2013) 33, pp. 885-906
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Sex Ratio at Birth and Infant Mortality Rate in China: An Empirical Study
Lai, Dejian - In: Social Indicators Research 70 (2005) 3, pp. 313-326
In this article, we used the data from the last three population censuses of China in 1982, 1990 and 2000, to study the … dynamics of the sex ratio at birth and the infant mortality rate in China. In the late 1970s, China started its economic reform … has increased to significantly more males to females, and in some provinces of China reached unprecedented levels. The …
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Does the marriage market sex ratio affect parental sex selection? : evidence from the Chinese census
Li, Xing; Chan, M. W. Luke; Spencer, Byron G.; Yang, Wei - In: Journal of population economics 29 (2016) 4, pp. 1063-1082
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Bride price and household income : evidence from rural China
Li, Jing; Li, Jun - In: Journal of the Asia Pacific economy 28 (2023) 4, pp. 1327-1346
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First Union Patterns Around the World: Introduction to the Special Issue
Cherlin, Andrew - In: Population Research and Policy Review 33 (2014) 2, pp. 153-159
, China, India, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the United States. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 …
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Marriage Squeeze, Never-Married Proportion, and Mean Age at First Marriage in China
Jiang, Quanbao; Feldman, Marcus; Li, Shuzhuo - In: Population Research and Policy Review 33 (2014) 2, pp. 189-204
China’s sex ratio imbalance and the surplus of males have received a great deal of attention, but measures of the …
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Le célibat masculin involontaire en Chine rurale : une approche par le réseau social
Liu, Lige; Jin, Xiaoyi; Brown, Melissa J.; Feldman, … - In: Population (french edition) 69 (2014) 1, pp. 109-133
If a man has a matchmaking network, will this increase his chance of marrying ? Using survey data from X County in Anhui Province collected in 2008, we analyse the determinants of first marriage probability for 18 to 50-year-old rural Chinese men (N = 412) in terms of their social networks. We...
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A Characterization of World Union Patterns at the National and Regional Level
Ortega, José - In: Population Research and Policy Review 33 (2014) 2, pp. 161-188
Patterns of union formation at the National and Regional level are documented for the first time based on a unique data set. Information on levels and trends in almost every country or territory of the world are monitored by building on the United Nations’ World Marriage Data 2008. Union...
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Female deficit and the marriage market in Korea
Rallu, Jean Louis - In: Demographic Research 15 (2006) 3, pp. 51-60
Selective abortion of female embryos causes abnormal sex ratios at birth that will result in imbalances on the marriage market. However, it is well-known that varying cohort size in the frame of different mean ages at marriage for males and females also causes imbalances. In the case of Korea,...
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