, 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

variation in the crisis, focusing on women who were already pregnant when the downturn began. We find that the number of girls … would have been 2 percent higher absent the crisis and that birth outcomes for girls were no better than those for boys …, findings that differ from the Trivers-Willard Hypothesis. This relative disadvantage of girls is more severe among newborns who …