Women's Empowerment and Gender Bias in the Birth and Survival of Girls in Urban India

Feminist Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-28

  Mukherjee, Sucharita Sinha ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child sex ratios; Economic development; empowerment; gender inequality; sex ratios at birth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874153132     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2012.752312     Document Type: Article

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