Do Sex Preferences Really Matter?

Yoram Ben-Porath and Finis Welch

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1976, vol. 90, issue 2, 285-307

Abstract: Some theoretical guidelines, 286. — Evidence: fertility and sex composition, 289. — Would family size change if sex of children were controlled? 297. — Variation in the probability for a boy and the aggregate sex ratio, 299. — Summary, 302. — Appendix, 302.

Date: 1976
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