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Sex Imbalance, Marriage Competition, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from rural China

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  • Yuan, Yan
  • Rong, Zhao
  • Xu, Lihe

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It is well acknowledged that the entrepreneurship is important to economic development. In this paper, we suggest a gender-related determinant of entrepreneurship, local sex imbalance. Using a 2009 rural finance survey, we examine how this imbalance influences the venturing at the household level in China. We find that households with a son in more sex-imbalanced villages are more likely to have a business. Further examination reveals that these households have any advantage in borrowing.

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  • Yuan, Yan & Rong, Zhao & Xu, Lihe, 2012. "Sex Imbalance, Marriage Competition, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from rural China," 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington 125021, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea12:125021
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.125021
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    1. Ong, David & Yang, Yu (Alan) & Zhang, Junsen, 2020. "Hard to get: The scarcity of women and the competition for high-income men in urban China," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 144(C).
    2. Fang, Li & Tian, Chuanhao, 2018. "Housing and marital matching: A signaling perspective," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 27-46.
    3. Ong, David & Wang, Jue, 2015. "Income attraction: An online dating field experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 13-22.

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    Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Financial Economics;
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