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Intra-household gender disparities in children's medical care before death in India
Asfaw, Abay (contributor); Klasen, Stephan (contributor);  … - 2007
"The excess female mortality in India and other South Asian countries is no longer contentious. Less known are the reasons for such excess female mortality in the country. In this study, we argue that intra-household gender-discrimination in receipt of medical attention can be one of the most...
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A flow measure of missing women by age and disease
Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2018 - This version: August 19, 2018
The existing literature on "missing women" has suggested that the problem is mostly concentrated in India and China, and mostly related to sex-selective abortions and post-birth neglect of female children. In a recent paper in the Review of Economic Studies, Anderson and Ray (AR) develop a new...
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Missing women : age and disease ; a correction
Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2013
In a recent paper in the Review of Economic Studies, Siwan Anderson and Debraj Ray (Anderson and Ray, 2010) develop and apply a new "flow" measure of "missing women" to estimate the extent of gender bias in mortality in developing countries. Contrary to the existing literature, they find that...
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Women in developing countries
Bansal, Seema - 2007
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Counting missing women : a reconciliation of the "flow measure" and the "stock measure"
Ebert, Cara; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2021
"Strom fehlender Frauen" bezeichnet werden, darauf hin, dass die geschlechtsspezifische Verzerrung der Sterblichkeit viel … Millionen fehlenden Frauen insgesamt), dass sie in Indien bei Erwachsenen ebenso schwerwiegend ist wie bei Kindern und dass sie … auf den verwendeten Referenzstandard für die geschlechtsspezifische Sterblichkeit und eine unvollständige Korrektur für …
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Missing women in China and India over seven decades : an analysis of birth and mortality data from 1950 to 2020
Datt, Gaurav; Liu, Cun; Smyth, Russell - 2020
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Counting missing women - a reconciliation of the "flow measure" and the "stock measure"
Ebert, Cara; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2021
Existing estimates of the 'stock of missing women' suggest that the problem is mostly concentrated in South and East Asia, and often related to sex-selective abortions and postbirth neglect of female children. In contrast, estimates of yearly excess female deaths, referred to as the 'flow of...
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Counting missing women : a reconciliation of the "flow measure" and the "stock measure"
Ebert, Cara; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2022
"Stock estimates" of missing women suggest that the problem is concentrated in South and East Asia and among young children. In contrast, 'flow estimates' suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it is among children in India and China, and is larger in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013454366
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Counting missing women : a reconciliation of the "flow measure" and the "stock measure"
Ebert, Cara; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2022
'Stock estimates' of missing women suggest that the problem is concentrated in South and East Asia and among young children. In contrast, `flow estimates’ suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it is among children in India and China, and is larger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226886
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Counting missing women : a reconciliation of the "flow measure" and the "stock measure"
Ebert, Cara; Klasen, Stephan; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2022
'Stock estimates' of missing women suggest that the problem is concentrated in South and East Asia and among young children. In contrast, 'flow estimates' suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it is among children in India and China, and is larger in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471193