Arbeitspapier
Missing women: some recent controversies on levels and trends in gender bias in mortality
This paper discusses two recent controversies surrounding levels and trends in the number of missing women in the world. First, the impact of fertility decline on gender bias in mortality is examined. Contrary to the expectations of some authors, fertility decline has not generally led to an intensification of gender bias in mortality. Second, the paper finds that the claim that a substantial portion of missing women is due to higher sex ratios at birth linked to hepatitis B prevalence in the affected regions is on rather weak foundations, while there is substantial evidence countering this claim.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IAI Discussion Papers ; No. 168
Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Labor Discrimination
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Labor Discrimination
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Thema
Missing women
fertility decline
Hepatitis B
sex-selective abortions
gender bias in mortality
Fruchtbarkeit
Schwangerschaftsabbruch
Geschlechterdiskriminierung
Frauen
Sterblichkeit
Infektionskrankheit
Entwicklungsländer
fertility decline
Hepatitis B
sex-selective abortions
gender bias in mortality
Fruchtbarkeit
Schwangerschaftsabbruch
Geschlechterdiskriminierung
Frauen
Sterblichkeit
Infektionskrankheit
Entwicklungsländer
Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Klasen, Stephan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research (IAI)
(wo)
Göttingen
(wann)
2008
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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12.07.2024, 13:21 MESZ
Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Klasen, Stephan
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research (IAI)
Entstanden
- 2008
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