Missing women and the price of tea in China: The effect of sex-specific earnings on sex imbalance

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1251-1285

  Qian, Nancy ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 49449092592     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.3.1251     Document Type: Article

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