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...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Published: |
World Bank
2012
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4508 |