Hi-tech Sexism? Evidence from Bangladesh
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Keywords
son preference; selective abortion; gender inequality; missing women; Bangladesh;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C41 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Duration Analysis; Optimal Timing Strategies
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
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