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son preference

Description: A preference for having sons over daughters, studied in relation to gender inequality, fertility, and family decisions.
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Selective Discrimination against Female Children in Rural Punjab, India
1987 · Monica Das Gupta · Population and Development Review · 1,210
The Competitive Saving Motive: Evidence from Rising Sex Ratios and Savings Rates in China
2011 · Shang-Jin Wei, Xiaobo Zhang · Journal of Political Economy · 989
Why is Son preference so persistent in East and South Asia? a cross-country study of China, India and the Republic of Korea
2003 · Monica Das Gupta, Jiang Zhenghua, et al. · The Journal of Development Studies · 966
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The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India *
2009 · Robert Jensen, Emily Oster · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 791
Sex Bias in the Family Allocation of Food and Health Care in Rural Bangladesh
1981 · Lincoln C. Chen, Emdadul Huq, et al. · Population and Development Review · 783
Abnormal sex ratios in human populations: Causes and consequences
2006 · Therese Hesketh, Zhu Wei Xing · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 545
Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
2011 · S. Jayachandran, I. Kuziemko · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 500
Value of Children and Family Change: A Three‐Decade Portrait From Turkey
2005 · Cigdem Kagitcibasi, Bilge Ataca · Applied Psychology · 484
Son preference and sex composition of children: Evidence from india
2000 · Shelley Clark · Demography · 463
Selective Gender Differences in Childhood Nutrition and Immunization in Rural India: The Role of Siblings
2003 · Rohini P. Pande · Demography · 424
Son Preference, the Family-building Process and Child Mortality in India
1998 · Fred Arnold, Minja Kim Choe, et al. · Population Studies · 421
The Demand for Sons
2008 · GORDON B. DAHL, ENRICO MORETTI · The Review of Economic Studies · 410
Why Are Indian Children So Short? The Role of Birth Order and Son Preference
2017 · Seema Jayachandran, Rohini Pande · American Economic Review · 404
Consequences of Son Preference in a Low-Fertility Society: Imbalance of the Sex Ratio at Birth in Korea
1995 · Chai Bin Park, Nam-Hoon Cho · Population and Development Review · 367
Fertility, Education, and Development: Evidence from India
2001 · Jean Drèze, Mamta Murthi · Population and Development Review · 366
Birthing the nation: strategies of Palestinian women in Israel
2003 · Choice Reviews Online · 359
The Sex Ratio Transition in Asia
2009 · Christophe Z. Guilmoto · Population and Development Review · 357
Sex‐Selective Abortions in India
2002 · Fred Arnold, Sunita Kishor, et al. · Population and Development Review · 355
Intrahousehold Allocation and Gender Relations: New Empirical Evidence From Four Developing Countries
2000 · Quisumbing, Agnes R., Maluccio, John A., et al. · AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA) · 350
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Child Gender and Parental Investments In India: Are Boys and Girls Treated Differently?
2013 · Silvia Helena Barcellos, Leandro S. Carvalho, et al. · American Economic Journal Applied Economics · 329
The Decline of Son Preference in South Korea: The Roles of Development and Public Policy
2007 · Woojin Chung, Monica Das Gupta · Population and Development Review · 303
Son Preference, Sex Ratios, and Marriage Patterns
1999 · Lena Edlund · Journal of Political Economy · 282
Shortage of girls in China today
2004 · Judith Banister · Journal of Population Research · 270
Sons, Daughters, and Parental Behaviour
2005 · S. Lundberg · Oxford Review of Economic Policy · 262
The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India
2007 · Robert Jensen, Emily Oster · National Bureau of Economic Research · 261
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Citation count: 57,550
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