TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bhattacharjya, Debarun
A1  - Sudarshan, Anant
A1  - Tuljapurkar, Shripad
A1  - Shachter, Ross
A1  - Feldman, Marcus
T1  - How can economic schemes curtail the increasing sex ratio at birth in China?
Y1  - 2008/10/14
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 1831
EP  - 1850
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.54
VL  - 19
IS  - 54
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/54/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/54/19-54.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/54/19-54.pdf
N2  - Fertility decline, driven by the one-child policy, and son preference have contributed to an alarming difference in the number of live male and female births in China. We present a quantitative model where people choose to sex-select because they perceive that married sons are more valuable than married daughters. Due to the predominant patrilocal kinship system in China, daughters-in-law provide valuable emotional and financial support, enhancing the perceived present value of married sons. We argue that inter-generational transfer data will help ascertain the extent to which economic schemes (such as pension plans for families with no sons) can curtail the increasing sex ratio at birth.

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