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The Consequences of the "Missing Girls" of China

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dc.contributor.authorEbenstein, Avraham Y.
dc.contributor.authorSharygin, Ethan Jennings
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:12:38Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:12:38Z
dc.date.issued2009-11-30
dc.description.abstractIn the wake of the one-child policy of 1979, China experienced an unprecedented rise in the sex ratio at birth (ratio of male to female births). In cohorts born between 1980 and 2000, there were 22 million more men than women. Some 10.4 percent of these additional men will fail to marry, based on simulations presented here that assess how different scenarios for the sex ratio at birth affect the probability of failure to marry in 21st century China. Three consequences of the high sex ratio and large numbers of unmarried men are discussed: the prevalence of prostitution and sexually transmitted infections, the economic and physical well-being of men who fail to marry, and China's ability to care for its elderly, with a particular focus on elderly males who fail to marry. Several policy options are suggested that could mitigate the negative consequences of the demographic squeeze.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/4508
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4508
dc.publisherWorld Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectchildbearing
dc.subjectchildbearing age
dc.subjectchildbirth
dc.subjectelderly
dc.subjectfemale infanticide
dc.subjectfertility
dc.subjecthealth policy
dc.subjectlifetime fertility
dc.subjectpopulation growth
dc.subjectpopulation studies
dc.subjectprostitution
dc.subjectsex
dc.subjectsex ratio
dc.subjectsex ratios
dc.subjectsex-selective abortion
dc.subjectsocial consequences
dc.subjectson preference
dc.subjectunmarried men
dc.subjectwoman
dc.subjectyoung men
dc.titleThe Consequences of the "Missing Girls" of Chinaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T11:11:06.128688Z
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.report3
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pagenumber399
okr.pagenumber425
okr.pdfurlwber_23_3_399.pdfen
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryChina
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.volume23
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