Potential (Mis)match? Marriage Markets Amidst Sociodemographic Change in India, 2005–2050

Demography

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 183-208

  Kashyap, Ridhi ^a,b   Esteve, Albert ^c   García Román, Joan ^d  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational hypergamy; Female educational expansion; India; Marriage; Skewed sex ratios at birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BIRTH RATE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84925535253     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0366-x     Document Type: Article

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