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Missing daughters, missing brides?

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  • Hippolyte d'Albis

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • David de La Croix

    (UCL IRES - Institut de recherches économiques et sociales - UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain, CORE - UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain)

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.

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  • Hippolyte d'Albis & David de La Croix, 2012. "Missing daughters, missing brides?," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-00759478, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:pseptp:hal-00759478
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.03.032
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    1. Grossbard, Shoshana, 2015. "Sex Ratios, Polygyny, And The Value Of Women In Marriage––A Beckerian Approach," Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 81(1), pages 13-25, March.
    2. Bhalotra, Sonia & Amaral, Sofia, 2017. "Population sex ratios and violence against women: the long-run effects of sex selection in India," ISER Working Paper Series 2017-12, Institute for Social and Economic Research.
    3. Nabanita Datta Gupta & Debasish Nandy & Suddhasil Siddhanta, 2020. "“Opt out” or kept out? The effect of stigma, structure, selection, and sector on the labor force participation of married women in India," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 24(3), pages 927-948, August.

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    JEL classification:

    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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