The consequences of the "missing girls" of China

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 399-425

  Ebenstein, Avraham Y ^a   Sharygin, Ethan Jennings ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; ELDERLY POPULATION; FERTILITY; POPULATION POLICY; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE;

CHINA;

EID: 75849134431     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhp012     Document Type: Article

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