Declining Juvenile Sex Ratios: Economy, Society and Technology Explanations from Field Evidence

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Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-245

  Kaur, Ravinder ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Development; Economy; Female Foeticide; JEL Classifi cation:I0; JEL Classification:J1; JEL Classification:Z1; Sex Ratio; Son preference; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007866760     PISSN: 09738010     EISSN: 09738029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097380100700100204     Document Type: Article

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