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Missing boys: Explaining South Africa’s unbalanced sex ratio, 1894-2011

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  • Francisco J. Marco-Gracia
  • Johan Fourie

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At the beginning of the twentieth century the sex ratio for South Africans differed markedly according to racial group. Those for white South Africans remained almost invariable, with more boys than girls, while black South Africans had a clear majority of girls, a situation that the literature has almost completely overlooked. This high proportion of […]

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  • Francisco J. Marco-Gracia & Johan Fourie, 2019. "Missing boys: Explaining South Africa’s unbalanced sex ratio, 1894-2011," Working Papers 804, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    1. Martin Kolk & Karim Jebari, 2022. "Sex Selection for Daughters: Demographic Consequences of Female-Biased Sex Ratios," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 41(4), pages 1619-1639, August.

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    Keywords

    Consumer Behavior; Discrimination;

    JEL classification:

    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • 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

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