How can economic schemes curtail the increasing sex ratio at birth in China?
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.54
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Keywords
sex ratio at birth; son preference; sex selection; sex-selective potency; value of child;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General
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