| Type | Journal Article - Economics Department Working Paper Series |
| Title | Son preference, sex selection and the problem of missing women in India |
| Author(s) | |
| Publication (Day/Month/Year) | 2009 |
| Page numbers | 8 |
| URL | http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=econ_workingpaper |
| Abstract | This paper empirically tests for two competing explanations of the increasing sex ratio at birth (SRB) in India: hepatitis B and human intervention. Estimating a male- preferring stopping rule with data from three rounds of the National Family Health Survey in India (1992, 1998 and 2005), I conclude that human intervention explains the increasing SRB in India. |
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