Sex ratios and crime: Evidence from China

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1520-1534

  Edlund, Lena ^a   Li, Hongbin ^b   Yi, Junjian ^c   Zhang, Junsen ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84896373647     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00356     Document Type: Article

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