Missing daughters, missing brides?

d’Albis, Hippolyte and David de la Croix
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Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 116, issue 3, 358-360

Abstract: Even in countries where there is a male-biased sex ratio, it is still possible for the marriage market to be balanced if men marry younger women and population is growing. We define a Missing Brides Index to reflect the intensity of the possible imbalance at steady state, taking into account the endogeneity of population growth. Taking international data on ages at marriage, fertility rate, and sex ratio at birth, we rank countries according to the Missing Brides Index.

Keywords: Missing women; Marriage; Fertility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 J13 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Working Paper: Missing daughters, missing brides? (2012)
Working Paper: Missing Daughters, Missing Brides? (2012)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.03.032

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