Transition of Son Preference: Evidence From South Korea.
Sex ratio at birth remains highly skewed in many Asian countries because of son preference. The ratio in South Korea, however, declined beginning in 1990 and reached the natural range in 2007. We study changes in child gender effects on fertility and parental investment during this period of decreas...
| Publicado en: | Demography (Springer Nature) Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 627 - 653 |
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