The Consequences of the "Missing Girls" of China

In the wake of the one-child policy of 1979, China experienced an unprecedented rise in the sex ratio at birth (ratio of male to female births). In cohorts born between 1980 and 2000, there were 22 million more men than women. Some 10.4 percent of these additional men will fail to marry, based on si...

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Main Authors:	Ebenstein, Avraham Y., Sharygin, Ethan Jennings
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	childbearing childbearing age childbirth elderly female infanticide fertility health policy lifetime fertility population growth population studies prostitution sex sex ratio sex ratios sex-selective abortion social consequences son preference unmarried men woman young men
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4508

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spelling	okr-10986-45082021-04-23T14:02:18Z The Consequences of the "Missing Girls" of China Ebenstein, Avraham Y. Sharygin, Ethan Jennings childbearing childbearing age childbirth elderly female infanticide fertility health policy lifetime fertility population growth population studies prostitution sex sex ratio sex ratios sex-selective abortion social consequences son preference unmarried men woman young men In the wake of the one-child policy of 1979, China experienced an unprecedented rise in the sex ratio at birth (ratio of male to female births). In cohorts born between 1980 and 2000, there were 22 million more men than women. Some 10.4 percent of these additional men will fail to marry, based on simulations presented here that assess how different scenarios for the sex ratio at birth affect the probability of failure to marry in 21st century China. Three consequences of the high sex ratio and large numbers of unmarried men are discussed: the prevalence of prostitution and sexually transmitted infections, the economic and physical well-being of men who fail to marry, and China's ability to care for its elderly, with a particular focus on elderly males who fail to marry. Several policy options are suggested that could mitigate the negative consequences of the demographic squeeze. 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z 2012-03-30T07:12:38Z 2009-11-30 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4508 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Journal Article East Asia and Pacific China
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description	In the wake of the one-child policy of 1979, China experienced an unprecedented rise in the sex ratio at birth (ratio of male to female births). In cohorts born between 1980 and 2000, there were 22 million more men than women. Some 10.4 percent of these additional men will fail to marry, based on simulations presented here that assess how different scenarios for the sex ratio at birth affect the probability of failure to marry in 21st century China. Three consequences of the high sex ratio and large numbers of unmarried men are discussed: the prevalence of prostitution and sexually transmitted infections, the economic and physical well-being of men who fail to marry, and China's ability to care for its elderly, with a particular focus on elderly males who fail to marry. Several policy options are suggested that could mitigate the negative consequences of the demographic squeeze.
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The Consequences of the "Missing Girls" of China

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