"Missing women": Revisiting the debate

Feminist Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 263-299

  Klasen, Stephan ^a   Wink, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Deutsche Investitions /E mbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amartya Sen; Excess female mortality; Gender inequality; Missing women; Population

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344456836     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354570022000077999     Document Type: Review

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