Son Preference and the Persistence of Culture: Evidence from South and East Asian Immigrants to Canada

Population and Development Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-95

  Almond, Douglas ^a   Edlund, Lena ^a   Milligan, Kevin ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ASIAN IMMIGRANT; CULTURAL RELATIONS; INFANTICIDE; SEX RATIO; SON PREFERENCE;

CANADA;

EID: 84875482759     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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