"The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of "missing girls" in much of East and South Asia has attracted much … ratios were the highest in Asia but peaked in the mid-1990s and normalized thereafter. Using census data, we examine whether … less masculinization. This suggests that, with continuing vigorous efforts to reduce son preference, the "missing girls …

"The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of "missing girls" in much of East and South Asia has attracted much … ratios were the highest in Asia but peaked in the mid-1990s and normalized thereafter. Using census data, we examine whether … less masculinization. This suggests that, with continuing vigorous efforts to reduce son preference, the "missing girls …

aimed to challenge traditional social hierarchies, including the age and gender hierarchies of the kinship system. Thirdly …

aimed to challenge traditional social hierarchies, including the age and gender hierarchies of the kinship system. Thirdly …

The apparently inexorable rise in the proportion of "missing girls" in much of East and South Asia has attracted much … ratios were the highest in Asia but peaked in the mid-1990s and normalized thereafter. Using census data, we examine whether … less masculinization. This suggests that, with continuing vigorous efforts to reduce son preference, the "missing girls …

aimed to challenge traditional social hierarchies, including the age and gender hierarchies of the kinship system. Thirdly …

In parts of Asia, South Caucasus, and the Balkans, son preference is strong enough to trigger significant levels of sex … 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 …

, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender … fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys … gaps in breastfeeding and immunization, and complete convergence in the post-neonatal mortality rates of boys and girls …